Editing Fort Knox (section)

== Bullion depository ==
[[File:An UH-1 Iroquois helicopter flies over the US Gold Bullion Depository.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of the Bullion Depository. [[Godman Army Airfield]] can be seen in the background.]]
The [[United States Bullion Depository]], often known as Fort Knox, is a fortified [[bank vault|vault]] building adjacent to the Fort Knox Army Post. It is operated by the [[United States Department of the Treasury]], and stores over half the country's [[gold reserve]]s. It is protected by the [[United States Mint Police]], and is well known for its [[physical security]].

The depository was built by the Treasury in 1936 on land transferred to it from Fort Knox.<ref name="ust">{{cite web |title=Currency & Coins: Fort Knox Bullion Depository |url=https://www.treasury.gov/about/education/Pages/fort-knox.aspx |publisher=United States Treasury |access-date=5 July 2019 |date=13 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702230904/https://www.treasury.gov/about/education/Pages/fort-knox.aspx |archive-date=2 July 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Early shipments of gold totaling almost 13,000 metric tons<ref name="wp003051941">{{cite news |title=9 Billion in Gold Shifted by US|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |page=23|date= 5 March 1941}}</ref> were escorted by combat cars of the [[1st U.S. Cavalry Regiment]] to the depository.<ref name="wp01141937">{{cite news |title=Cargo of Gold Stowed in Vault At Fort Knox: Armored Cars, Machine Guns Guard Transfer From Special Train |agency=Associated Proess |date=14 January 1937}}</ref> It has in the past safeguarded other precious items, such as the original copies of both the [[Constitution of the United States]] and the [[United States Declaration of Independence]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Puleo |first1=Stephen |title=American Treasures: The Secret Efforts to Save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address |date=2016 |page=179 |publisher=9781250065742 |isbn=9781250065742 |edition=Kindle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NJqDDAAAQBAJ |access-date=30 July 2019 |archive-date=5 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505011248/https://books.google.com/books?id=NJqDDAAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>