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hatler

London - Northern Line - Circular structures
« on: 11 October, 2019, 01:07:58 pm »
In my daily amble along the route of the Northern Line it's finally come to my notice that there are a series of circular structures.

Here's a few : -
Stockwell
Clapham High St
Clapham North

I presume they're something to do with the construction and/or venting of the tube line, but I can't find anything on Google about them.

Can anyone point me in the right direction ?
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grams

Re: London - Northern Line - Circular structures
« Reply #1 on: 11 October, 2019, 01:20:20 pm »
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hatler

Re: London - Northern Line - Circular structures
« Reply #2 on: 11 October, 2019, 01:44:14 pm »
Brilliant !   Thank you !  Fascinating.
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ElyDave

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Re: London - Northern Line - Circular structures
« Reply #3 on: 11 October, 2019, 02:09:39 pm »
the beeb did a story on these shelters this morning
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Neil C

Re: London - Northern Line - Circular structures
« Reply #4 on: 11 October, 2019, 02:15:10 pm »
Coincidentally, your link to the Stockwell structure gave me quite a shock.
My grandfather's name is carved on that adjacent war memorial.
Even more surprising is it is the name with the poppy on a cross next to it!
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hatler

Re: London - Northern Line - Circular structures
« Reply #5 on: 11 October, 2019, 02:22:33 pm »
Quote from: ElyDave on 11 October, 2019, 02:09:39 pm
the beeb did a story on these shelters this morning
That is bizarre. I've been pondering about these structures for a few months now.
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ian

Re: London - Northern Line - Circular structures
« Reply #6 on: 11 October, 2019, 08:42:59 pm »
You can go visit the deep level shelter under Clapham South. I've done all the tours which makes me an official nerd.
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ElyDave

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Re: London - Northern Line - Circular structures
« Reply #7 on: 12 October, 2019, 08:22:48 pm »
channel 5+1 has a documentary about them right now.  WHat's going on this week?

Are we getting ready for the 31st?

EDIT - just a general doc about the Picadilly line, I just started watching at a wartime section
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