UK's Secret Underground City


	UK's Secret Underground City
JohnWaterman
9-28-2008 4:14 PM
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9-29-2008 5:23 AM
sadunpererarules
thats pretty crazy
9-29-2008 8:08 AM
shaor
they have another underground haven for all the royal family!
9-29-2008 9:30 AM
carrerinyes
A BBC studio to address the nation...?
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.full-room.com/2008/09/wiltshires-secret-underground-city.html"><DIV>Built in the late 50s this massive city complex was designed to safely house up to 4,000 central Government personnel in the event of a nuclear strike.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.full-room.com/2008/09/wiltshires-secret-underground-city.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.full-room.com/img/A1C7415E-99FB-48D2-8219-1451DDC92661" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.full-room.com/2008/09/wiltshires-secret-underground-city.html">In a former Bath stone quarry the city, code named Burlington, was to be the site of the main Emergency Government War Headquarters</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.full-room.com/2008/09/wiltshires-secret-underground-city.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.full-room.com/img/CF8F61C2-5DCB-44AA-862B-987D98D8937B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.full-room.com/2008/09/wiltshires-secret-underground-city.html">60 miles of roads</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.full-room.com/2008/09/wiltshires-secret-underground-city.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.full-room.com/img/111B217A-AF3B-4DF3-A588-F8F8DDF19CF3" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.full-room.com/2008/09/wiltshires-secret-underground-city.html">so top secret that many of the civil servants, who had been allocated a desk at Burlington, had no knowledge of it</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.full-room.com/2008/09/wiltshires-secret-underground-city.html"> From underground hospitals, canteens, kitchens and laundries to storerooms of supplies, accommodation areas and offices</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.full-room.com/2008/09/wiltshires-secret-underground-city.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.full-room.com/img/0CF10225-4F91-4417-B413-1B1160C81E85" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.full-room.com/2008/09/wiltshires-secret-underground-city.html">An underground lake and treatment plant could provide all the drinking water needed whilst 12 huge tanks could store the fuel required to keep the four massive generators, in the underground power station, running for up to three months</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.full-room.com/2008/09/wiltshires-secret-underground-city.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.full-room.com/img/590C973D-485C-494E-9F0E-D5C79D696928" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.full-room.com/2008/09/wiltshires-secret-underground-city.html">second largest telephone exchange in Britain, a BBC studio from which the PM could address the nation</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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