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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 393027, member: 6229&quot;]<b><font size="4">Dateline October 10,1935:</font></b><font size="4"> Contract awarded for construction of a government Gold Bullion Depository adjacent to the Fort Knox Army facility located near Louisville, Kentucky.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4">Conventional theory claims that the Depository was completed in December 1936, but all land records, mint records and Congressional records show construction of the facility was not completed until January 13, 1937.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4">The Government spent $560,000.00 to construct the facility. Guess what? The building is located at the corner of Bullion Boulevard and Gold Vault Road.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4">Here&#039;s a photo of the completed structure:</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.kyvacation.com/cgi-bin/listman/listings/l0089.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kyvacation.com/cgi-bin/listman/listings/l0089.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.kyvacation.com/cgi-bin/listman/listings/l0089.html</a> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">Below the fortress-like structure lies the gold vault, which is lined with granite walls and is protected by a blast-proof door that weighs 22 tons. No single person is entrusted with the combination to the vault. Various members of the Depository staff must dial separate combinations known only by them. Beyond the main vault door, smaller internal &quot;cells&quot; provide further protection.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">For security reasons, the first shipments of gold to Fort Knox were made at night aboard special armored trains. Fifty of these special Armored trains pulled ten rail cars each totaling 500 rail cars. Those first train convoys left New York and Philadelphia on the evening of January 10, 1937 (3 days before completion). </font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">For extra security, the transfer was sent as a &quot;Registered Mail&quot; shipment, therefore protected by the United States Postal Inspection Service. Oh, by the way, those first shipment Gold Deposits totaled $5,600,000,000.00 at $20.67 per ounce.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><b>An Aside: </b>All shipments arrived safely, but there was concern. As two of the trains entered the Ohio River Valley, they encountered flood waters that forced 400,000 people to abandon their homes. It delayed the two train convoys obly a few hours.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Hope you enjoyed,</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Clinker</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">The first phase of the Gold shipment was completed by July 30.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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