Nuclear Bunker Nottingham - March 2011

[sidsabbath]

Hi all,

I was fortunate enough to work this weekend at a works depot for Rushcliffe Borough Council.
Whilst working I discovered the old nuclear bunker. Now, as this is still a "live" site, I only took pictures with my point and shoot. You don't want to draw too much attention to yourself do you :mrgreen:

I don't know any history of this depot, and the www doesn't tell you anything either.
The building containing the bunker looks quite new. The depot is the base of Rushcliffe Borough Councils Recycling2go scheme.

In all fairness, there isn't a great deal to see, as most of the rooms down there ane now used for storing archives. The bunker itself has a total of 11 rooms. I didn't take pictures of them all as they were just full of shelves and files

Anyway, on with the pictures........

Enjoy


This is the sight that greeted me on driving up towards the main building




Photo of the building containing the bunker




Stairway down to bunker




One of the 3 blast doors




Corridor




One of the rooms, now storing old computers etc




Old aerial wires etc




No idea what this is..... some sort of vent???




Generator shots








Filters




Air intake fan





This was my first ever bunker, just wish there was more to see

Thanks for looking

[beam assisted]

good find mate - looks in pristine condition, shame its full of crap lol

[KingElvis]

Brilliant, you're very lucky to see that.

[Krypton]

That looks very mint

[MJS]

I agree with the mintage

[Tankman]

Nice find
Photo 8 is an Over Pressure Valve for the bunker.

[ERNIE99_UK]

isnt that cool, theres not too many county emergency centres about now. This looks like an 80's one which didnt get much use before the 1991 cessation of hostilities!

[converse1]

Nice one! a well grabbed report there!

[TK421]

Great find, those filters are bonkers, and you can't beat a good Perkins engine! Well you can, but its nice all the same....

[coops]

Good work mate and thanks for sharing