A couple of photos taken on a wander to Farleigh Down tunnel outside Bath. Now rusted and graffitied it was once the rail entrance to Monkton Farleigh ammunition depot, a huge underground storage vault carved out of the Bath stone hills. Train fulls of bombs, bullets and shells were moved on a series of conveyor belts down a hidden, underground tunnel into the stores a mile away. It was designed to offload a 1000 tonnes of ammunition a day, but despite running 24/7 for 30 days during the D-day preparations it couldn't keep up with the vast quantities required!
The third photo is a cheeky (un)festive effort, underneath the road bridge in Chippenham (I actually like the reflection in the beams and the natural vignette).
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