[Domovoy]

That's right. Some tunnels 100ft below the city of London are for sale. Alot of companies have some tunnels which were used or not from the era World War II.

The Kingsway Tunnels were built in 1940 as deep air-raid shelters and have since been used as a "reserve war room", public record library and the telephone exchange which connected the Cold War hotline between the presidents of the US and USSR.

The Post Office took over the tunnels after the Second World War, and now its successor, BT, is putting them up for sale.

With 77,000 square feet of space under the centre of the capital up for grabs, offers around the £5 million mark are expected.

Access to the mile-long system of horizontal and vertical shafts is through unmarked doors in the street on High Holborn, and the site is fully equipped with electricity, water supply and ventilation equipment - making it the perfect place to hole up and hide from 007, though aspiring Blofelds will have to provide their own white cat.

The Public Record Office used the tunnels for a while to store 400 tons of secret documents, before the complex was turned into a "trunk exchange" to connect long distance telephone calls in the days before the subscriber trunk dialling (STD) code.

It was built to hold 8,000 people during air raids, and in its days as an exchange housed around 80 workers, who enjoyed a canteen and recreation room - complete with snooker table. I get that little boy feeling again, exitement, wow.. WWII material....

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[chzvacmyye]

Snooker awesome.. i want to go there

[Aqgkvwzm]

i saw a pretty good show about the London Underground on History Channel. There are miles and miles of interesting tunnels. Those pictured above could make a pretty cool night club.

[rengerts]

shame most of its waterlogged,or in such poor state that its uninhabitable

[Domovoy]

shame most of its waterlogged,or in such poor state that its uninhabitable

If you have the money to buy, you have the money to restore.

[Pinkman]

That's right. Some tunnels 100ft below the city of London are for sale. Alot of companies have some tunnels which were used or not from the era World War II.




I get that little boy feeling again, exitement, wow.. WWII material....

Rest of story and original link can be found here:
http://www.redline-redux.com/showthread.php?t=774

watch out for sleeping dragons