crippletron 3000
18-03-2011, 07:07 PM
Piccadilly Station Air-Raid Shelter (Remains), Manchester
Manchester Corporation issued it's first list of designated public air-raid shelters in August 1939, under the Civil Defence Act
It was estimated that around 500 shelters would be required for 100,000 people
3 such Second World War air-raid shelters once occupied space underneath the now Manchester Picadilly Station
All owned by L M & S Railway they had a combined capacity of 1275.
There is very little left of the shelters having had a mooch below street level the original entrance is sealed, with a further 2 sections bricked up and no longer accessible
The only real features that remain are a Wardens Post, sealed Exit To Street Level, Ladies & Gents Toilets, remnants of Original Lighting and Signage
Below the streets of Manchester....
Blueprint - (Greater Manchester County Record Office)
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/Picadilly_Map2.jpg
Passage Way
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/1.jpg
Remnants Of Original Lighting & Signage
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/2.jpg
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/3.jpg
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/4.jpg
Wardens Post
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/5.jpg
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/6.jpg
Ladies Toilets
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/7.jpg
Emergency Exit
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/8.jpg
Manchester Corporation issued it's first list of designated public air-raid shelters in August 1939, under the Civil Defence Act
It was estimated that around 500 shelters would be required for 100,000 people
3 such Second World War air-raid shelters once occupied space underneath the now Manchester Picadilly Station
All owned by L M & S Railway they had a combined capacity of 1275.
There is very little left of the shelters having had a mooch below street level the original entrance is sealed, with a further 2 sections bricked up and no longer accessible
The only real features that remain are a Wardens Post, sealed Exit To Street Level, Ladies & Gents Toilets, remnants of Original Lighting and Signage
Below the streets of Manchester....
Blueprint - (Greater Manchester County Record Office)
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/Picadilly_Map2.jpg
Passage Way
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/1.jpg
Remnants Of Original Lighting & Signage
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/2.jpg
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/3.jpg
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/4.jpg
Wardens Post
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/5.jpg
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/6.jpg
Ladies Toilets
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/7.jpg
Emergency Exit
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Piccadilly/8.jpg