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Originally Posted by WallShadow
The sensible solution would be to have a subterranean vault directly below the Liberty Bell to have it lowered into and sealed when other national treasures are being secured: similar to the arrangement for the US Constitution as described in Howling Wilderness, IIRC.
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They did bore corings and then decided it made more sense to move the Bell to Mount Weather rather than try to build an H-Bomb-proof bunker in the middle of downtown Philadelphia with a system to raise and lower a one ton assembly of wood and metal (particularly since it's right next to Independence Hall, and any damage to that building would be unthinkable). Also, note that the vaults for the Constitution and Declaration are for normal safe-keeping; in case of a nuclear attack, they were to be evacuated to Mount Weather because those vaults are not rated for a nuclear strike on DC.