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Hi All
What a day - I`v wanted to see this place for ages, I was lucky to get a heads up to a working party day, the guys who look after the site were doing some work to make the site safer I managed to get in and was left alone to photograph what I wanted, 5 hours underground and never got to the far north section.
Shorts Brother built the underground aircraft production factory from 1942 onwards to protect there production of aircraft and aircraft part from the bombing raids by the Germans in WW2, the air raid shelters and the factory tunnels cover 12,000 sq feet (for you metric boys and girls that a bloody lot of space).
We found papers laying on the floor in part of the factory area dates 1979 - so the under ground areas where still be used right up until the factory closed.
Picture time...........
Off of one of the smaller side tunnels we came across the "well" for the factory - oh boy is it ever deep.
These are just the "Baby" tunnels at the south end of the site you get to the "Factory" tunnels and to coin a phrase form all the teenagers out there "OMG......................."
There is stuff laying all over the place, like these, they are brand new pattern moldings still on there pallets and still in there packaging - mental folks..........
Well guys and girls that as they say is that, thanks for looking and all comments are most welcome.
There are more pictures on my FlickR site, so if you want to see more head over too:-
https://www.flickr.com/photos/newage2/albums/72157680321075944
Cheers Newage
OK just two more, an explore would not be a proper explore with out dicking about with a gas mask on now would it.
The end..
What a day - I`v wanted to see this place for ages, I was lucky to get a heads up to a working party day, the guys who look after the site were doing some work to make the site safer I managed to get in and was left alone to photograph what I wanted, 5 hours underground and never got to the far north section.
Shorts Brother built the underground aircraft production factory from 1942 onwards to protect there production of aircraft and aircraft part from the bombing raids by the Germans in WW2, the air raid shelters and the factory tunnels cover 12,000 sq feet (for you metric boys and girls that a bloody lot of space).
We found papers laying on the floor in part of the factory area dates 1979 - so the under ground areas where still be used right up until the factory closed.
Picture time...........
Off of one of the smaller side tunnels we came across the "well" for the factory - oh boy is it ever deep.
These are just the "Baby" tunnels at the south end of the site you get to the "Factory" tunnels and to coin a phrase form all the teenagers out there "OMG......................."
There is stuff laying all over the place, like these, they are brand new pattern moldings still on there pallets and still in there packaging - mental folks..........
Well guys and girls that as they say is that, thanks for looking and all comments are most welcome.
There are more pictures on my FlickR site, so if you want to see more head over too:-
https://www.flickr.com/photos/newage2/albums/72157680321075944
Cheers Newage
OK just two more, an explore would not be a proper explore with out dicking about with a gas mask on now would it.
The end..
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