Site Records


SiteName: Ramsgate Public Air Raid Shelter & Scenic Railway

Marina Esplanade (Southern portal of railway tunnel)
Ramsgate
OS Grid Ref: TR387650

Sub Brit site visit August 1984 and January 1997

[Source: Nick Catford]

 

North portal of standard gauge tunnel

North portal of standard gauge tunnel (1984)

Tuinnel railway sign originally mounted over the south portal

Tunnel railway sign, originally mounted over the south portal (1997)

Inspection pit for scenic railway trains in standard gauge tunnel

Inspection pit for scenic railway trains in the standard gauge tunnel (1997)

Narrow gauge spur tunnel

Narrow gauge spur tunnel (1999)

Narrow gauge spur tunnel - unligned middle section

Narrow gauge spur tunnel - unlined middle section (1984)

Narrow gauge spur tunnel - wall blocks tunnel close to Hereson Road Station

Narrow gauge spur tunnel - a wall blocks tunnel close to Hereson Road Station (1984)

Warn narrow stairs leading to Dumpton Park Drive entrance

Worn narrow stairs leading to Dumpton Park Drive entrance (1984)

Looking up to the top of the stairs at Dumpton Park Drive entrance

Looking up to the top of the stairs at the Dumpton Park Drive entrance (1997)

Looking down the stairs at Dumpton Park Drive entrance

Looking down the stairs at the Dumton Park Drive entrabce (1977)

Narrow tunnels leading to Victoria Parade etrance (1997)

Looking up into the chalk well from its original floor level

Looking up into the chalk well from its original floor level (1997)

Looking down into the tunnels below the chalk well

Looking down into the tunnels below the chalk well (1997)

Looking east along the first section of shelter tunnels from the railway tunnel

Looking west along the first section of shelter tunnels from the railway tunnel (1999)

Looking east along the first section of shelter tunnels

Looking east along the first section of shelter tunnels (1984)

Looking up the steps towards the Arklow Square entrance

Looking up the steps towards the Arklow Square entrance (1997)

Looking down the steps from Arklow Square entrance

Looking down the steps from Arklow Square entrance (1997)

The Arklow Square entrance (between the two stone pillars)

The Arklow Square entrance - between the two stone pillars (1996)

Section of concrete lined tunnel near the junction with St. Lukes recreation ground branch

Section of concrete lined tunnel near the junction with St. Lukes Recreation Ground branch (1999)

Section of concrete lined tunnel showing junction with St. Luke's Recreation Ground branch & collapsed tunnel beyond

Section of concrete lined tunnel showing junction with St. Lukes Recreation Ground Branch & collapsed tunnel beyond (1994)

Looking back into the concrete lined section from the collapse in the tunnel

Looking back into the concrete lined section from the collapse in the tunnel (1994)

Backfilled St. Georges School entrance tunnel

Backfilled St. Georges School entrance tunnel (1997)

No smoking sign close to the top of the stairs at the Townley Castle entrance

'No smoking' sign close to the top of the stairs at the Townley Castle entrance (1997)

Short branch to ventilation shaft in the Cannon Street car park section

Short branch to ventilation shaft in Cannon Road car park section (1997)

Insulator in roof in Cannon Road car park section

Insulator in roof in Cannon Road car park section (1997)

Small roof collap[se in Cannon Road car park section

Small roof collapse in Cannon Road car park section (1997)

Start of concrete lining ib Cannon Road car park section

Start of concrete lining in Cannon Road car park section (1997)

Stairs to Cannon Road car park entrance

Stairs to Cannon Road car park entrance (1997)

A tunnel inspection

A tunnel inspection


[Source: Nick Catford

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