The old Portsmouth High School was a designated "fallout shelter". A fallout shelter is an enclosed space specially designed to protect occupants from radioactive debris or fallout resulting from a nuclear explosion. Shelters were constructed as civil defense measures during the Cold War (1946-1991). Often large public buildings, with basement floors, were also designated as shelters.
Colorized image of the train depot with horses, buggies, people. The Southern Express Company, agent Harry Rodgers, 534 Second (2nd) Street, is listed in the 1914 Portsmouth City Directory.
