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Re: Air Raid Precautions
- Subject: Re: Air Raid Precautions
- From: Mick Paddon <sasa@acon.com.au>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:28:26 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Another Optus Customer
- References: <36e8d935@dnews.tpgi.com.au> <IZkG2.7$eB6.385687@news0.optus.net.au> <36eddca1.0@news.highway1.com.au> <1wpH2.19$E52.545304@news0.optus.net.au> <36EE43A8.D8ED4B0C@mail.usyd.edu.au>
The northern end of St James was the terminating roads until 1956 when circular
quay was built. the southern end was the headquarters. The points were taken out
last year.
Mick
Mr Simpson wrote:
> David Bromage wrote:
>
> > David & Jan Winter (winterd@icenet.com.au) wrote:
> > ...
> > > And of course, there were the unused tunnels in the City Loop - Under Hyde
> > > Park and Macquarie St. Now there's a "cellar" for you!
> >
> > I thought they were used as military headquarters.
> >
>
> both, I was under the impression: the ones to the north of St James were
> offices/headquarters etc;
> to the south are air raid shelters with concrete bulkheads dividing up the
> tunnel.
>
> Homer