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After spending many many hours down shorts tunnels i went slighltly mad but was well worth it went down one day when it was dark came back out and it was dark again. ive finally sorted through my 10gb of pictures sorry for all the pics. if ive got any of the details wrong let me no and ill change it.
the tunnels were original built for Shorts brothers sea plane factory in pre war times. in 1941 the tunnels were extended to contain the public air raid shelter parts these were around 300 meters long with many entrances and exits they also contain a command centre and a medical centre.
after the war the blawknox took over the sight. in the 1990s the sight was abandoned and left to decay the was a development on the sight as a massive housing complex was built all around it. the sight has suffered from serious vandal problems as of late including a severe fire which resulted in the sight being sealed by the council.
factory parts of the site
im guessing this was the were the genrators were and the mail room
toilets
unfinished sections of the tunnels possibly an extension
this is one of the air shafts and one of the man holes always waned to no were these came out.
on to the air raid sections
i have an obbsesion with the signs dwn here
an interesting attempt at a wall
gun shots
the well
are these stores or bays of some form
medical stations approaching this we could here rushing water and found the medical station partially flooded by a burst pipe
the tunnels had many first aid boxes scatered throughout
the illusive black door
and some graffiti dnt no when its from id like to think the war
the elevator tunnel does anyone no were this came out
sorry for the shear amount of pictures just dnt wana miss anything does anyone have a map of the place?
the tunnels were original built for Shorts brothers sea plane factory in pre war times. in 1941 the tunnels were extended to contain the public air raid shelter parts these were around 300 meters long with many entrances and exits they also contain a command centre and a medical centre.
after the war the blawknox took over the sight. in the 1990s the sight was abandoned and left to decay the was a development on the sight as a massive housing complex was built all around it. the sight has suffered from serious vandal problems as of late including a severe fire which resulted in the sight being sealed by the council.
factory parts of the site
im guessing this was the were the genrators were and the mail room
toilets
unfinished sections of the tunnels possibly an extension
this is one of the air shafts and one of the man holes always waned to no were these came out.
on to the air raid sections
i have an obbsesion with the signs dwn here
an interesting attempt at a wall
gun shots
the well
are these stores or bays of some form
medical stations approaching this we could here rushing water and found the medical station partially flooded by a burst pipe
the tunnels had many first aid boxes scatered throughout
the illusive black door
and some graffiti dnt no when its from id like to think the war
the elevator tunnel does anyone no were this came out
sorry for the shear amount of pictures just dnt wana miss anything does anyone have a map of the place?
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