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Town Hall Air Raid Shelter 1939-1945
Photo: charnock
Photo: charnock
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Item #: 14230
Item #: 14230
Part of the bunker showing the Ventilation system made by Sutcliffe and Speakmans, and the system backup in case of electrical failure.
Comment by: Cyril on 26th March 2010 at 16:59
I can remember seeing a similar set up in the basement of the Municipal Buildings, there was also an escape hatch that came out on the pavement on Millgate, it all got removed when they were doing alterations in the 1980's, pity they weren't put into a local museum.
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