Bank vault

A big part of what went on at the former Nevada Test Site was the government's evaluations of the effects of nuclear weapons on just about anything they could think of -- pigs, building, parking garages, houses, and much more. Radiating out from "ground zero," the spot of each detonation, scientists built all kinds of things and looked to record how they were impacted by the atomic fireball, and/or the overpressure blast created by the bomb.

This is the remnants of a bank vault that was built some distance away from the 1957 Priscilla blast. Although the base structure survived the detonation, the side of it was severely damaged. However, bank notes that were placed inside (there was a thick vault door in place at the time) were largely undamaged.