Greenham Common - March 08

Would never have got in without my good friend large pig who did the recce's, the driving, the organising (the hard work)

access was interesting to say the least, but when inside was worth it. i'm sure everyone knows the history of the cathedral of doom, but basically this place held 100 nuclear warheads ready to be fired in 90 seconds. The blast doors had to be at least half a meter thick, and could only be operated so many times an hour to avoid them breaking. There was evidence that something had snapped at the entrance to one bunker, see my first image and note the metal rungs on the floor. the force to break them must have been incredible.

spent a good two hours on site, to be honest other than the bunkers and the other storage rooms not much else to see other than the bullet proof glass entrance!

enjoy the photos

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Re: Greenham Common 01/03/2008 REPORT

drypulse said:

There was evidence that something had snapped at the entrance to one bunker, see my first image and note the metal rungs on the floor. the force to break them must have been incredible.

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Blimey!
Cracking photos, drypulse...really enjoyed seeing those.

thank you. i wish i had more to show you, but i had an off day!

There's a baseball field somewhere in the complex. I've seen a picture somewhere of a scoreboard covered in undergrowth.

Sorry to disappoint. The lower hinge pin sockets were gas axed to simplify the removal of the stays, during the removal of the blast doors.

Nice one! Growing up, Greenham was always in the news. Good to see the inside; rather than the chain link fence that was always on the telly.

Superb work matey!

Those entranceways look like something out of a sci-fi film

Lb

Hey mate, I've only just seen this thread!!!

Was a vary fun day

Anyway, thought I would add my best from the day too, albeit belatedly:

The full set of mine are at http://www.urb-ex.co.uk/greenham

Great to see some more pics of this site. Love all the gas pipes and electrics inside the doors. Good stuff!

Cheers