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GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk to London@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year ago

Vaults of ambition: shock find under London Museum enchants its builders

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Vaults of ambition: shock find under London Museum enchants its builders

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GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk to London@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year ago
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Discovery of Victorian network hiding under some of city’s busiest streets set ‘magical’ new challenge for multimillion pound project
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  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk
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    That’s a great find and I’m glad it is incorporated into the plans now.

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      I’m hoping to take a peek once it’s all opened.
      I love seeing stuff like this.

      • ilovecheese@feddit.uk
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        Me too! The unused tube stations look interesting as well.

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    I thought that ike Paris is built over its old city of tombs, London is built on top of old London. Did they forget that even though they live there?

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      Plans get lost, stuff gets bricked up, there were a number of bombs fell in that area during WWII (http://bombsight.org/?#16/51.5187/-0.1039), it can mean expensive surprises when doing building work.

      When they were building the Eurostar tunnels down the road from me they found a load of disused wells that nobody had any idea existed, with unfortunate results.

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    They made those tunnels to fit all of the worlds historic artifacts. For protection of course.

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      This is the Museum of London, you’re thinking of the British Museum

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