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    London deep-level shelters are eight deep-level air-raid shelters that were built under London Underground stations during World War II. Each shelter...
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  • parts of the Underground were converted into air-raid shelters known as deep-level shelters. Some were converted for military and civil defence use...
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    specially adapted London Underground stations as shelters. However, during World War II, the government initially ruled out using these as shelters. After Londoners...
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  • Deep level underground is construction that is 20 m (66 ft) or more below ground and not using the cut-and-cover method, especially train stations, air...
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    doctor' Peter Mandelson was a ward councillor. Stockwell Bus Garage London Deep Level Shelters Stockwell War Memorial Clocktower Jean Charles de Menezes Memorial...
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    Scallywag bunker Smuggling tunnel Tunnels in popular culture London deep-level shelters Metro-2 ^ (27 January 2006) "Drug haul in secret border tunnel"...
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    Kingsway telephone exchange (category Infrastructure in London)
    Central Line. Although intended for use as an air raid shelter, like many of the deep level shelters, it was not used for its intended purpose and was instead...
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    Stockwell tube station (category Rail transport stations in London fare zone 2)
    2008, p. 143. "Clapham Deep Shelters". The Clapham Society. Retrieved 27 April 2019. Wade, Stephen (2011). Air-Raid Shelters of World War II: Family...
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    Railway's early stations List of crossings of the River Thames London deep-level shelters, most of which are under Northern line stations Tunnels underneath...
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    metres (52,620 ft). List of bridges in the United Kingdom Subterranean London "Design Manual for Roads and Bridges - CD 352 - Design of road tunnels"...
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    Belsize Park tube station (category Rail transport stations in London fare zone 2)
    Belsize Park is one of eight London Underground stations which have deep-level air-raid shelters underneath them. The shelter was constructed in World War...
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  • Antarctica Goodge Street shelter, see London deep-level shelters Goodge Street tube station, London Goodge Street (LCR) tube station, London All pages with titles...
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  • MHA acted as engineer for the construction of five of the ten London deep-level shelters, for the construction of armaments factories and for the repair...
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    the deep-level shelter was built during the Second World War. During the Second World War, a number of deep-level shelters were built beneath London tube...
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    Vetsch. There are about 50 such earth shelters in Switzerland, including a residential estate of nine earth shelters (Lättenstrasse in Dietikon). In other...
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    Goodge Street tube station (category Rail transport stations in London fare zone 1)
    Goodge Street deep-level shelter Ticket hall "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September...
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    same methods have evolved into modern "earth shelter" technology. Dugouts may also be temporary shelters constructed as an aid to specific activities...
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    (80 km) from Baker Street and the centre of London. The first deep-level tube line, the City and South London Railway, opened in 1890 with electric trains...
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    shelters and 27% in private home shelters, implying that the remaining 60% of the city stayed at home. The government distributed Anderson shelters until...
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    through at a deeper level. Despite its name, only 45% of the system is under the ground: much of the network in the outer environs of London is on the surface...
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    Award. It is one of eight London Underground stations with a deep-level air-raid shelter underneath it. In 1948, the deep shelter was used as temporary accommodation...
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    destabilize, with mean level convective available potential energy (MLCAPE) values exceeding 2500 J/kg, strong mid-level flow, and deep-layer wind shear exceeding...
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    stations and wartime shelters. The museum was briefly renamed London's Transport Museum to reflect its coverage of topics beyond London Transport, but it...
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    St Leonard's Court (category Air raid shelters in the United Kingdom)
    in 2014. Air-raid shelter Heritage at Risk London deep-level shelters Subterranean London "Restoration Project: The Air-Raid Shelter at St Leonard's Court"...
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    Portland stone, the symmetrical five‑bay façade features deeply channelled rustication at the ground level, a corniced architrave doorway, and segmental‑arched...
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    to 34 feet (10 metres) deep. The numerous starlings restricted the river's tidal ebb and flow. The difference in water levels on the two sides of the...
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    Canada Water station (category Rail transport stations in London fare zone 2)
    (72 ft) deep. The building of the East London line station required a separate slot at right angles, 130 m (430 ft) long, 13 m (43 ft) deep and tapering...
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    tunnel was converted into a shelter for up to 14,000 people. New deep-level shelters were also constructed at Clapham South, Clapham Common, Clapham North...
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    John Griffith London (né Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist...
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    were built to protect command and control centres, and a series of deep-level shelters prepared, as refuge for the general population against bombing. In...
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