It was a dark and stormy night when d wrote
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On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 11:27:48 +0000
Someone Somewhere wrote:
On 18/03/2015 10:04, d wrote:
On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 04:37:48 -0500
wrote:
In article , (Basil Jet)
wrote:
Are you suggesting that every railway under the Thames was shut
simultaneously for a while?

That's my understanding, yes. Detailed in chapter XIII, The Second World
War, pages 127-8, of "The story of London's Underground", by London
Transport, first published 1963, revised and enlarged to 1972 in my copy.

What about the ELL tunnel at Wapping? Does that have flood doors?


From my memory of a couple of tours under the Thames I don't remember
seeing such doors.

Was the ELL in use in WW2? A flood in those tunnels would wipe out a few
stations either side at least.

"In 1939 there was concern that bomb damage could flood the under-river
tunnel, after which the water would rise through the shaft at
Rotherhithe station and flood the surrounding low-level ground.
Therefore a double floodgate was installed at the north end of the
station."

http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/eastlondon.html

G.
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