Very big thanks to sm-np who showed me round - he rediscovered this 28 years ago and has seen it change over the years. Apparently it was the least flooded it’s been - looking at the tide marks on the walls you’d almost need a boat for some visits. This is a remarkable shelter, nearly 200m long, and must have saved a lot of lives in the Clydebank blitz. Only shelter I’ve seen still with the toilet surround curtains, plus a diesel engine to drive the mechanical ventilation (and possibly also pump out water?) and a really big floor drainage channel that the vent duct and probably bunks were above. They were expecting it to flood from day one and made provision for it. Built by the factory owners well before the war when most factory owners were holding back waiting for the government to pay for shelters – they really cared about their workers and their families.
Green canvas curtains to toilet cubicles
The deep drainage trench is under the vent duct
Nice bit of backlighting from sm-np
Much less wide linking passage - used as workshop
The vent duct gets huge as it gets near the pump
Diesel pump - you never usually see this
Just what you need in a bombing raid
Green canvas curtains to toilet cubicles
The deep drainage trench is under the vent duct
Nice bit of backlighting from sm-np
Much less wide linking passage - used as workshop
The vent duct gets huge as it gets near the pump
Diesel pump - you never usually see this
Just what you need in a bombing raid
