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September 13th 06, 01:39 AM
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The big thing in the middle of Akerman Rd, Camberwell
http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&t=...01328,0.002494 It looks like a nuclear submarine, with a model of the mountain from Close Encounters on each end. It has an entrance door at each end, presumably locked. AFAIK it's not near any underground railways. What is it? |
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September 13th 06, 08:49 AM
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The big thing in the middle of Akerman Rd, Camberwell
John Rowland wrote:
http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&t=...01328,0.002494 It looks like a nuclear submarine, with a model of the mountain from Close Encounters on each end. It has an entrance door at each end, presumably locked. AFAIK it's not near any underground railways. What is it? A ventilation shaft for something or other - the plan for its removal is mentioned in "The Lambeth Plan 2002-2017": http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/88C033E8-732F-4B54-9E48-1F609769985C/0/deposit_draft_UDP.pdf (page 137) -- Bob |
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September 13th 06, 08:57 PM
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The big thing in the middle of Akerman Rd, Camberwell
"John Rowland" wrote in
: http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&t=...723,-0.106178& spn=0.001328,0.002494 It looks like a nuclear submarine, with a model of the mountain from Close Encounters on each end. It has an entrance door at each end, presumably locked. AFAIK it's not near any underground railways. What is it? According to the Brixton Society, "You may wonder what is the odd looking concrete structure in the middle of the "motorway"; it encloses the boilers for heating the housing estate alongside." I have always thought it looks like the foundations for a flyover, if you can imagine it going across Akerman road. The society's website also says the dual carriageway was part of a Brixton bypass which was never completed, so I suppose the sructure could have originally been designed to carry a road across the dual carriageway. From where to where, I don't know (Stockwell to Camberwell?) -- Steve Remove N from email address to reply |
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November 2nd 06, 03:03 PM
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The big thing in the middle of Akerman Rd, Camberwell
"SteveN" wrote in message .. . "John Rowland" wrote in : http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&t=...723,-0.106178& spn=0.001328,0.002494 It looks like a nuclear submarine, with a model of the mountain from Close Encounters on each end. It has an entrance door at each end, presumably locked. AFAIK it's not near any underground railways. What is it? For many years to locals it was known as the submarine. |
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