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Abo Elementary School and Fallout Shelter
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Abo Elementary School and Fallout Shelter was built in 1962 and is the only Cold War-era fallout shelter and school building in the United States. It is Site no. 1781, a Registered Cultural Property of the State of New Mexico.
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