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Security Measures at the Federal Reserve Bank
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| Popular Mechanics March 1931 (Copyright Expired - Not Renewed) |
Related Image: Gold Vault at the Federal Reserve Bank
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| FRBNY gold in storage Federal Reserve Image |
Above is an artist's rendering of the security measures in place at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Notice the moving statues that reveal hidden machine gun nests. This is the first of two images that appeared in the March 1931 issue of Popular Mechanics showing the layout and inner workings of the bank and vault.
When the main vault at the bank first opened, the Secret Service used 45 armored cars to move the initial deposits of gold through the streets of New York. 150 policemen lined the streets and stood guard at strategic points as the armored cars drove by. Secret Service agents were everywhere and riflemen watched from the rooftops above. They hauled over 700 tons of gold, silver, and paper currency to the bank.