Some interesting finds in the real location of Green Run

[MonopolyMan]

Yesterday I was looking at the real location of Green Run (Hanford) and I found some interesting things

1. I found a marked bank, the only reason I find this interesting is because it's relatively close to the bus route and it's labebled on Google Maps. Also it is in the Hanford test region.

http://www.strangeusa.com/Viewlocation.aspx?id=58160

2. I found out there is 3 original Reactors at the Hanford site. I know the number 3 is mentioned often so I thought it's worth mentioning

3. Also I found there where 3 towns made when Euro-Americans first came to the Area

White Bluffs (This is where the bank is), Richland, and Hanford

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site

4. I then searched all of these towns for relevant landmarks relating to Green Run, and for Richland when searching for a bus depot I found this picture

And I think it looks a lot like the bus in zombies, and guess what service this is from... Transit. That's right the bus service that is located in Richland, close to Hanford, the location of Green Run is called Transit. Also it was founded is 1981, so the time fits.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Franklin_Transit

5. On the White Bluffs page (Where the bank is located) I found that the only 2 standing structures are the bank and the pump house. I was unaware of what a pump house was so I looked it up and found this picture...

Now to me that could pass as the power house if it had slightly altered dimensions.

Note: This is not the powerhouse from White Bluffs just a random pump house.

Also I am not sure what relevance any of this has to the story, just found it all very interesting

[Tasty Applesauce]

thats pretty cool nice find

[Johnny Reklaw]

That looks like an outhouse...which is what you fall through before going into power, ever hear the flushing sound?

[PINNAZ]

Nice finds.

I posted about White Bluffs awhile back in the 'Useless Church' thread.

The link below is a really good page about White Bluffs & it's buildings. White Bluffs is actually closer to our actual Green Run Bus Route than Hanford is.

http://ebchs.org/architecture/WhiteBluffs/h_whitebluffs_buildings.htm

White Bluffs First Bank (outside & inside)

I also found this picture of a proposed Catholic Church that was taken from a White Bluffs Picture but can't find if it was ever built or not.

Regarding the Bus, remember that the License Plate says Colorado 1960

I think that the bus is a 1959 era 'GMC New Look' Bus. This is the closest I can find anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_New_Look_bus

And the Bus Depot/Terminal is based of 'Greyhound Buslines' which bought Consolidated Coach Corporation. As the Bus Driver mentions.

http://www.greyhound.com/en/about/historicaltimeline.aspx

If you want to find out more about the Tri-cities, the picture of Atomic Frontier Days is actually a book about the area turning from agricultural towns into a Nuclear Industry.

Atomic Frontier Days

A lot of people posted a lot of this info about a month ago but it gets buried within the forum.

Well done in finding this stuff yourself though. Good Research!

[Papa Mudd]

It would be nice if we had a sticky of information like this so it wouldn't be buried in the future...

I'm still trying to figure out the triangle on green run... )o:

I've seen a couple topics where people mention it but the info keeps getting burried so i don't know where to look... Information like this while maybe just inspiration for the game rather than story intwined is still good info I think. Also you never know it could have relevance...

Too bad Treyarch probably just follows the forums here to keep track of their own story lines... :P

[MonopolyMan]

Nice finds.

I posted about White Bluffs awhile back in the 'Useless Church' thread.

The link below is a really good page about White Bluffs & it's buildings. White Bluffs is actually closer to our actual Green Run Bus Route than Hanford is.

http://ebchs.org/architecture/WhiteBluffs/h_whitebluffs_buildings.htm

White Bluffs First Bank (outside & inside)

I also found this picture of a proposed Catholic Church that was taken from a White Bluffs Picture but can't find if it was ever built or not.

Regarding the Bus, remember that the License Plate says Colorado 1960

I think that the bus is a 1959 era 'GMC New Look' Bus. This is the closest I can find anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_New_Look_bus

And the Bus Depot/Terminal is based of 'Greyhound Buslines' which bought Consolidated Coach Corporation. As the Bus Driver mentions.

http://www.greyhound.com/en/about/historicaltimeline.aspx

If you want to find out more about the Tri-cities, the picture of Atomic Frontier Days is actually a book about the area turning from agricultural towns into a Nuclear Industry.

Atomic Frontier Days

A lot of people posted a lot of this info about a month ago but it gets buried within the forum.

Well done in finding this stuff yourself though. Good Research!

Oh sorry man, there should definitely be a sticky of threads that are good. Not like sticky the thread it self, but sticky a thread linking to all the threads.

Also I am going to post this over on se7ensins if you don't mind, you will get fulll credit and I'll link back, just let me know if you don't want me to

That looks like an outhouse...which is what you fall through before going into power, ever hear the flushing sound?

Honestly I've never heard that. Also pumphouses are used to move liguid from one place to another, therefore flushing the liquid, so maybe it is a pump house