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On Fri, 06 Feb 2015 09:46:48 +0000
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 06/02/2015 09:23, The Real Doctor wrote:
On 05/02/15 22:37, wrote:
This should be interesting.


http://www.theguardian.com/cities/20...d-tube-tunnels
london-underline


Only the Guardian ...

"Stretches of vacant tunnel remain at Goodge Street and Stockwell, for
example, remnants of a bizarre second world war plan to connect deep
bomb shelters into an express connection running parallel with the
Northern Line."


Nothing like getting the facts totally mangled.

Well it is The Guardian. If you want facts rather than guesswork and uneducated
opinion then its the wrong paper.

Looks like Subterranea Britannica

"The Bombings of 1940 forced a reappraisal of deep-shelter policy and at
the end of October the Government decided to construct a system of deep
shelters linked to existing tube stations. London Transport was consulted
about the sites and required to build the tunnels at the public expense
with the understanding that they were to have the option of taking them
over for railway use after the war. With the latter point in mind,
positions were chosen on routes of possible north-south and east-west
express tube railways"

http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/featur...ers/index.html

and Wiki must be talking out of their arses as well then

"London deep-level shelters

Background[edit]

Each shelter consists of a pair of parallel tunnels 16 feet 6 inches (5.03 m)
in diameter and 1,200 feet (370 m) long. Each tunnel is subdivided into two
decks, and each shelter was designed to hold up to 8,000 people. It was planned
that after the war the shelters would be used as part of new express tube
lines paralleling parts of the existing Northern and Central lines. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_deep-level_shelters


Maybe its just as well that there are experts like you around with
the facts at your fingertips, to put everybody right


michael adams

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