The Secret Bunker Below London’s Secret Bunker — londonist.com

| Best Of London, History, Secret | By: Londonist Photo: Sandra Lawrence.A tributary of the River Tyburn in a culvert, with a pump. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.Do we remove. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.Duct. Photo: Sandra LawrenceEmergency Kitchen Store. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.Food preparation area and pantry. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.An old fuse box. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.Important to know. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.The labyrinthine tunnels. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.Photo: Sandra Lawrence.Old glass lamp shades. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.One of the many tunnels in the Dock. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.Original steps down into the bunker from today’s Treasury, showing ‘the slab’. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.Original wiring. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.The sparse-looking pantry. Photo: Sandra LawrencePipes across bedrooms. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.Pumped clear after use, Photo: Sandra Lawrence.Room numbers referred to the rooms above. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.Rubber seals against gas attacks. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.Someone spent the war years painting signs like this. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.Steps down into the Dock. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.Steve Staley finds the old telephone wire box. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.Steve Staley inspects original cabling. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.Clambering over the old pipework. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.The sink. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.A typical dorm. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.The waste tank had to be hauled out by hand. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.Wedges inserted in pillars to stabilise after bombing. Photo: Sandra LawrenceOriginal wires. Photo: Sandra Lawrence.

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