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Neill Wormwood:
As a matter of interest, was there any work done at Bethnal Green Nick Cooper: Abandoned due to persistent flooding. Not mentioned in RTTC. Did they really start a further tunnel there? or Oval? As I recall there might have been some done at Oval, but it was abandoned due to water ingress. Abandoned due to persistent flooding from unexepected water-bearing stratum (i.e. not the buried River Effra, as per some accounts). RTTC says "officially because water was encountered during tunnelling, but the drawing was marked 'abandoned - shortage of labour'". -- Mark Brader | "Red lights are not my concern. Toronto | I am a driver, not a policeman." | --statement made after collision, 1853 |
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"Nick Cooper" wrote in
message ... Midway between BG and Liverpool Street, although it's acquired the former name, presumably because it was either closer to that station, or to differentiate it from the tunnels already in use as shelters at Liverpool Street. Do you have any further info on this? I know about the Bishopsgate shaft, the "mysterious" floodgates at Bishopsgate, and the complex of tunnels at Hollybush Gardens, just west of Bethnal Green, but I've never heard of anything else on this section. There was (and is) an intermediate shaft at Carlton Square, mid-way between Bethnal Green and Mile End, that was associated with a war-time shelter. 'London's Secret Tubes' (Emmerson & Beard, 2004) attributes it to flooding and quotes extensively from official reports at the time detailing the problems encountered, and the measures that would need to be taken to complete the shelter as planned. The only mention of labour is in the context of the manpower being diverted to Camden Town, where completion was of a higher priority. I believe the brick building on the corner of Kennington Park Road/Brixton Road/Camberwell New Road is a relic of the aborted Oval shelter. |
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what is RTTC?
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lonelytraveller typed:
what is RTTC? The book "Rails Through The Clay", already mentioned in this thread. -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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