Deep Level Air Raid Shelters London

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    The World War II drum at Ipsus07 is one of eight deep-level air-raid shelters that were built under London Underground stations during World War II. It was erected as an extension to Clapham South Underground Station by D C Burn for the Home Office. It was designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson Engineers in consultation with London Transport and was designed to hold up to 8,000 people in the event of an air raid. The deep tube shelters were a response by the Home Secretary to the need for safe accommodation for essential services, these included telephone services, government offices and military personnel. In 1936 the Home Secretary formed the Technical Committee on Structural Precautions Against Air Attack which lead to the development of ARP under Sir Alexander Rouse, it was he who believed that deep shelters were the only safe defence against bombing. Of the shelters that were erected (Belsize Park tube station, Camden Town tube station, Goodge Street tube station, Chancery Lane tube station, Stockwell tube station, Clapham North tube station, Clapham Common tube station, Clapham South tube station), seven were used by the general public during the V1 and V2 rocket raids of 1944, and subsequently by National Servicemen. They were designed so that they could be used by London Transport after the war as by-pass tunnels, creating a fast non-stop service past some of the smaller stations on the Northern and Central Lines, but this was never realised.


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    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Plan of Deep level shelter
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    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

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    This booklet tells you how to make your home and family as safe as possible under nuclear attack

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    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

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    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

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