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Santa Monica, California: Mushroom Cloud Made of Chains

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Address:
1725 Main St., Santa Monica, CA
Directions:
On the east side of Main St., just south of I-10, in a little public park between the Civic Auditorium and the LA Superior Court building.
Admission:
Free
RA Rates:
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Mushroom Cloud Made of Chains

An ominous atomic bomb mushroom cloud, 26 feet tall, rises from the lawn next to Santa Monica's Civic Center. It's made of 5.5 tons of copper and steel chains.

Roadsideamerica.com Report... [08/23/2012]

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Chain Reaction.

Mushroom Cloud Made of Chains

Titled "Chain Reaction."

[Gniking, 10/10/2012]

The Danger signs and tourist-repelling fence seem to add to its retro-World War III appeal.


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