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Battersea power station

samchubs — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:53:31 +0000

after a long old drive, the chimneys were in sight and the game was on.

After making it in after some ducking and diving we headed to the white room, a nice show home made for when the station was goign to be turned into flats, they also had a sofa more comfy than the bed and a big empty jacuzzi.

we then headed to the boiler house for a few shots, then moved onto Bside and up to the control rooms then a short trip from there up to the roof.

was a great fun explore thanks to all.

southern casemates

samchubs — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:34:43 +0000

part of the citadel defences of the napoleonic era.

oil mills

samchubs — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:26:00 +0000

the east and west oil mills were used to store oil, not sure on the history of i though.

noahs ark tunnel

samchubs — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:22:43 +0000

a very long tunnel over 1ooo ft long also used as a air raid shelter in WW2

detached bastion

samchubs — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:17:32 +0000

part of the north lines which includes the drop redoubt and the citadel.

south forelands plotting room

samchubs — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:13:27 +0000

still even had the rubber gas seals in, im glad i missed the bg spiders.

langdon hole deep shelter

samchubs — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:36:53 +0000

this site is also known as “dumpy B” very different from the other deep shelters.

st margerets bay deep shelter

samchubs — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:21:44 +0000

this was one of the first batteries to use Z-rockets which are anti aircraft missiles.

hopefully i will be able to return and get some more photos at some point.

fan bay deep shelter

samchubs — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:51:42 +0000

this deep shelter was part of the fan bay battery, consisting of 3 six inch guns, i think its the biggest shelter ive visited in dover. Great fun getting in and out of here too.

st martins deep shelter

samchubs — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:41:18 +0000

this deep shelter was part of the western heights gun battery, which was built in 1877, and was equipped with 3 ten inch and 2 six inch RML guns. The guns were changed in the second world war.