Bit of an impromptu trip here ended up being a fun morning out.
History
One of 8 deep level shelters built during 1941 - 1942 by the British government during the war. Each shelter could hold up to 8000 people and were split into two floors.
In 1990 London underground were given control of these bunkers with the view to lease them out to various companies for a range of different uses. Most common use was for various types of storage. Most were used except for North Clapham which remained empty and untouched until it was purchased in 2014 by the Zero Carbon Food company, who tried to use the shelter as a hydroponic farm but appear to have given up and once again left it empty.
The Explore
Was a nice and easy mooch round these partially lit tunnels. The fresh air still being pumped in providing lovely clean air, a rarity for a lot of derelict tunnels. It was pretty much all stripped out with no sign of the hydroponic farm attempt left, so its fair to assume they packed it all up and left for the time being.
On many of the walls inside the bunker there are location markers which looked like they were used for markers for a 3D Faro Laser scanning type system. It's not till more recently when I did some research and found a video showing the 3D model that was produced by scanning the network of tunnels by a company called CADPlan.
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History
One of 8 deep level shelters built during 1941 - 1942 by the British government during the war. Each shelter could hold up to 8000 people and were split into two floors.
In 1990 London underground were given control of these bunkers with the view to lease them out to various companies for a range of different uses. Most common use was for various types of storage. Most were used except for North Clapham which remained empty and untouched until it was purchased in 2014 by the Zero Carbon Food company, who tried to use the shelter as a hydroponic farm but appear to have given up and once again left it empty.
The Explore
Was a nice and easy mooch round these partially lit tunnels. The fresh air still being pumped in providing lovely clean air, a rarity for a lot of derelict tunnels. It was pretty much all stripped out with no sign of the hydroponic farm attempt left, so its fair to assume they packed it all up and left for the time being.
On many of the walls inside the bunker there are location markers which looked like they were used for markers for a 3D Faro Laser scanning type system. It's not till more recently when I did some research and found a video showing the 3D model that was produced by scanning the network of tunnels by a company called CADPlan.
Photos
