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Following on from the first post this is the part of the RAF Chilmark site you have been looking forward to, the underground Bomb storage area, It`s built in to an old stone quarry, and is known as HQ South site.
The site was opened in 1937 and closed it doors to the RAF in 1995 and was home to number 11 MU.
I first saw pictures from here in 2010 but we never got around to visiting the site.
Although not as large as the WW2 Corsham CAD bomb stores it`s still quite large.
Whats not to like - Bats, Radon gas, blar blar blar.........
Visited with Mr and Mrs Fluffy.
Picture time.
Steel gates and these massive thick steel blast doors are the first thing you see.
At the end of the main entarance tunnel is the small office.
Then it`s time to wander off in to the darkness.
Each of the storage bays has its own narrow gauge railway linking it to the surface, rail lines loop off in all directions.
Next up at the far ends of the bomb store the railway ends with a set of wodden buffer stops with the now famous "Danger Radiation - Radon gas" signs.
Back to the middle area of the store and through a massive set of steel blast doors you reach the lift shaft to the surface.
Now a few random pictures of bits and bobs.
Well that will do, thanks for looking, as normal there are more pictures on my FlickR site so for more tunnel goodness head on over too:-
https://www.flickr.com/photos/newage2/albums/72157663731270239
All comments are most welcome.
Cheers Newage
Oh sometimes you never know what you will find in the dark.
Following on from the first post this is the part of the RAF Chilmark site you have been looking forward to, the underground Bomb storage area, It`s built in to an old stone quarry, and is known as HQ South site.
The site was opened in 1937 and closed it doors to the RAF in 1995 and was home to number 11 MU.
I first saw pictures from here in 2010 but we never got around to visiting the site.
Although not as large as the WW2 Corsham CAD bomb stores it`s still quite large.
Whats not to like - Bats, Radon gas, blar blar blar.........
Visited with Mr and Mrs Fluffy.
Picture time.
Steel gates and these massive thick steel blast doors are the first thing you see.
At the end of the main entarance tunnel is the small office.
Then it`s time to wander off in to the darkness.
Each of the storage bays has its own narrow gauge railway linking it to the surface, rail lines loop off in all directions.
Next up at the far ends of the bomb store the railway ends with a set of wodden buffer stops with the now famous "Danger Radiation - Radon gas" signs.
Back to the middle area of the store and through a massive set of steel blast doors you reach the lift shaft to the surface.
Now a few random pictures of bits and bobs.
Well that will do, thanks for looking, as normal there are more pictures on my FlickR site so for more tunnel goodness head on over too:-
https://www.flickr.com/photos/newage2/albums/72157663731270239
All comments are most welcome.
Cheers Newage
Oh sometimes you never know what you will find in the dark.
Liking the gas mask shot at the end too!
