Fort Knox is a United States Army post in Kentucky south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. The 109,054-acre (44,133 ha) base covers parts ofBullitt, Hardin, and Meade counties. It currently holds the Army Human Resources Center of Excellence to include the Army Human Resources Command, United States Army Cadet Command and the United States Army Accessions Command. It was the home, for nearly seventy years (1940-2010), of the U.S. Army Armor Center, the U.S. Army Armor School (now at Fort Benning), and was used by both the Army and the Marine Corps to train crews on the M1 Abrams main battle tank. The history of the US Army's Cavalry and Armored forces, and of General George S. Patton's career, can be found at theGeneral George Patton Museum[1] on the grounds of Fort Knox. Parts of the base in Hardin and Meade Counties form a census-designated place (CDP), which had a population of 12,377 at the 2000 census.
Dalam film James Bond "Goldfinger" tempat ini menjadi sasaran penjahat, tapi dalam kehidupan nyata tidak ada tempat lain di dunia yang dijaga demikian ketat: Fort Knox. Ia dikenal sebagai gudang cadangan emas Amerika Serikat. Kementerian Finansial AS membangun gedung Bullion Depository di sebelahFort Knox pada tahun 1936. Sebuah bangunan dua lantai dari bahan granit sebanyak 470 meter kubik, 3.200 meter kubik beton, 750 ton tulangan baja, dan 670 ton baja struktural.
Untuk sementara, mungkin 8 dulu kali yaa, maklum saya akhir-akhir ini sibuk ngurusin harga emas, :D nanti pasti saya tambah lagi dehh,, biar kalian juga tau apa aja fakta-fakta emas lainnya dan ikut jatuh cinta sama logam yang satu ini..
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