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BigLoada
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Visited with Sausage , this one is quite local to us but somehow we never get round to having a look at it.
Built in 1907, this concrete culvert was built to allow the Ouseburn to flow under a public landfill, which is now the City Stadium.
In 1939, at a cost of over £11000 it was converted into a huge public air raid shelter, complete with a raised concrete floor (which the river now flows under), benches, lighting, blast shields and bunk beds, and could accomodate 3000 people.
An enclosed sewage pipe runs along one side however some covers have been ripped off so the air was quite fragrant.
One of the blast shields:
One of several holes with the sewage flowing beneath:
Pipe full of nastiness:
Showing concrete raised platform, river flowing beneath:
Girder section:
Sausage acting like a kid again:
Thanks for looking
Built in 1907, this concrete culvert was built to allow the Ouseburn to flow under a public landfill, which is now the City Stadium.
In 1939, at a cost of over £11000 it was converted into a huge public air raid shelter, complete with a raised concrete floor (which the river now flows under), benches, lighting, blast shields and bunk beds, and could accomodate 3000 people.
An enclosed sewage pipe runs along one side however some covers have been ripped off so the air was quite fragrant.
One of the blast shields:
One of several holes with the sewage flowing beneath:
Pipe full of nastiness:
Showing concrete raised platform, river flowing beneath:
Girder section:
Sausage acting like a kid again:
Thanks for looking