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    Here's a higher resolution picture of the Cleveland Federal Reserve bank vault door than we're used to seeing: https://www.flickr.com/photos/canton...57639180762246

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    Here is a description of the Building of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland from 1937.

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    I see the booklet fails to mention the turret mounted machine guns hidden in the bases of the statues on E. 6th St. I had heard of these a couple times in conversation over the years and learned the guns themselves were no longer there. More recently the bases were redone and the turrets were removed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VaultDoors View Post
    Here's a higher resolution picture of the Cleveland Federal Reserve bank vault door than we're used to seeing: https://www.flickr.com/photos/canton...57639180762246
    Good find. No surprise but the picture was posed: If the operator was actually unlocking or locking the door, the pressure-bar's pin would not be in the "entry" position. Instead, it would be at or near the bottom of the slot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VaultDoors View Post
    Here's a higher resolution picture of the Cleveland Federal Reserve bank vault door than we're used to seeing: https://www.flickr.com/photos/canton...57639180762246
    Good picture- that's much clearer than the other archive pics we've seen. clearly shows the alignment markers they'd put on the pressure bar cam and stanchion, which dont show up in the smaller pics.

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    Here's another hi-res picture of the Cleveland Federal Reserve bank vault: https://www.flickr.com/photos/canton...57639180762246

    Flickr lets you increase the image size slightly online but downloading the 'original size' allows you to see it much larger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VaultDoors View Post
    Here's another hi-res picture of the Cleveland Federal Reserve bank vault:
    Here's a small version just so there's a copy here on antique-locks:

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    There is a worker in the lower-left corner. This plus some of the clutter makes me think this was taken during installation.

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    In this video they describe the Cleveland Federal Reserve bank vault tools - "Because of its massive size they also needed some large wrenches to work on the vault which are on display in the box next to the vault door." Besides the large wrenches (that are the length of the box) and what appear to be large sockets and a lug wrench, what other vault door tools are there?

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    The 'video' is a series of 9 pictures with narration by Greg Stefani, the first vice president and chief operating officer. Here are the stills:

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    Here's a side view of the pressure system stanchion and 'plug':

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