Report - Air Raid Shelter - Port Glasgow [Jan 18]

[elhomer12]

This Air Raid Shelter in Port Glasgow was built for the workers of the nearby Gourock Ropeworks, and was the largest privately owned shelter within the UK at the time. It is believed to have been built before the outbreak of WW2 by a group of Polish workers... apparently taking them 6 months to complete.

The Shelter has remained in pretty good condition overall... it seems to be flooded more often than not but that wasn't a problem for me as I'd brought my wad0rz. The biggest problem for me was access, which wasn't as straightforward as I'd hoped, and the fact it was absolutely pissing down did not help. Still, I did get in so here's some pics....

Original WW2 shitters

The Ventilation system - Powered by a Blackstone Single Cyl Diesel Engine

Down we go...

The water throughout most of the shelter remained at about a foot deep, maybe a little over in parts.

Stairs up to one of the other entrances

Shovelz

...and finally back out through the blast door.

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[The_Raw]

That's really nice! Saw a few pics pop up from here a while back and wondered where it was. My donation's in the post

 

[EOA]

You did an urbex!

Looks interesting. Wouldn’t have fancied taking a shit in one of those toilets though.

 

[Speed]

Not seen that place for a while

 

[elhomer12]

That's really nice! Saw a few pics pop up from here a while back and wondered where it was. My donation's in the post

Much appreciated... your donation will go towards getting some "Exploring with elhomer12" hoodies printed

You did an urbex!

I did indeed. Been thinking of doing this for a while but didn't know if there was access, so was putting it off

 

[Camera Shy]

Real nice that, well shot too.

 

[albino-jay]

Love this. Spot on mate. Great shots too

 

[dweeb]

Well lit photographs!

 

[The Lone Ranger]

Very nice, good to see you're getting out now you've left Enlandshire

 

[Calamity Jane]

Liking this. Very well light, loving the reflections in the water. Did you wade through all of that? :

 

[elhomer12]

Very nice, good to see you're getting out now you've left Enlandshire

Getting out when I have time, haha. I need to start venturing a bit further afield for the better stuff though, seems the good stuff is few and far between up here

Liking this. Very well light, loving the reflections in the water. Did you wade through all of that? :

Yeah, I did, wasn't too bad. I think at the highest it was just over the top of the welly part of my waders. I knew water was a strong possibility so went prepared for it.

 

[Pammyj]

Excellent pics, looks very eerie

 

[PEUK]

Is this still accessible? I thought Lidl shut up shop by claiming the land and fencing it off. I might need a wee mooch over to my local explore again.

 

[obscurity]

haven't seen this before, looks great and your photos are good too!! Thanks for sharing

 

[elhomer12]

Is this still accessible? I thought Lidl shut up shop by claiming the land and fencing it off. I might need a wee mooch over to my local explore again.

This was after the fence went up, fences won't be your problem..... new boards/sheeting over the access might be