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Air Raid Shelter

  • Writer: kentexplorehistory
    kentexplorehistory
  • Apr 28, 2021
  • 1 min read

This Air Raid Shelter could possibly have been a Munich Era Trench Shelter. It is of two different types of construction, one being a rendered vaulted concrete style and the other a precast concrete plank style


It was theoretically designed to shelter 1300 people but could possibly have held a lot more. The shelter could be accessed via two entrances and multiple escape shafts. The escape shafts were accessed via ladders, these ladders being hung on the walls of the shelter by hooks.


Within the shelter there are 8 alcoves split into two for chemical toilets. A curtain hung in front of the alcoves from a rail would've provided privacy while in the toilet.


At the secondary entrance of the shelter there were two gas curtains, the remnants of which can be seen in the video.






 
 
 

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