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Underground Kent is not a club or organisation – it’s a collection of people interested in exploring and documenting underground and military sites in Kent.
We work closely with many organisations and national bodies and have obtained permission to visit many ‘off limits’ sites. Other sites that have been explored may be abandoned and open to the elements.
We do not encourage anyone to enter these places and risk injury to themselves and others. These sites are dangerous and can be prone to collapse. If you do visit any of these places, make sure you are thoroughly equipped i.e. torches, hard hats, good footwear etc., and never go alone. The best thing to do is just enjoy the sites on your monitor.
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In These tunnels were constructed as an extension to the existing factory in 1941. Building above ground was considered imprudent due to the vulnerability of the Medway estuary to air attacks. The two tunnels that housed the factory workshop area were both 100m long, and were linked by four traversing tunnels of slightly shorter length. The Shorts Brothers also constructed a large system of air raid shelter tunnels, which comprised of two main tunnels some 300m long, traversed by 14 smaller connecting tunnels. The shelter tunnel complex was connected to the factory complex via a single tunnel approximately 400m long.
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A site dedicated to the many underground features that can be found not just in Kent but in other areas. They are mostly military fortifications that have been built over the last three centuries, but other features that included tunnels can also be found here. All sites are man made, or in the case of mines, heavily influenced by industrial usage. The aim is to provide a glimpse into the rarely seen and often ignored world that exists beneath our feet.
Here you will find information on Kent History, Kent Defences, Dover Defences, fortifications and tunnels in Dover, Medway, Sheppey, Thanet, Grain and other areas.
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AdAdmiralty Pier Fort, usually known as Dover Turret, was designed in 1870 after the Royal Commission report some ten years earlier idenitified Admiralty Pier as a very desirable place for an enemy to dock and unload and it should therefore be fortified. The design approved was for a turret which would house two very large guns at the end of the pier. The guns would eventually weigh some 81 tons each, and had to be speically made and tested as the largest guns to that point were 38 ton RMLs. By 1881 the guns had been delievered to Admiralty Pier, using even more equipment which had to be specially brought in. They were eventually mounted by May 1882.
Entrance to the Fort was at quay level; a wide passage ran through the fort, with two smaller passages leading off to the left. The first led to the circular shaped basement which had the turret's plinth in the middle. Also in the basement were the shell and ammunition hoists, which both led up to the loading chamber. The second smaller passageway led to the magazine, which consisted of three linked chambers (one for shells......More Info Here
DOVER CAVES AND TUNNELS BOOK
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Derek Leach
DOVER ADMIRALTY PIER TURRET
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