Victorai arches and WWII airraid shelter, Manchester, dec 2012

[the kwan]

covered many times but thankyou to MJS for the info, visited with sephiroth
in 1852 the life-boat Challenger was built and launched from the Arches and they have had several different uses over the years. Serving as business premises, landing stages for Steam packet riverboats, and also as World War II air-raid shelters. During the first half of 1897 more than 200,000 passengers were carried on trips around Manchester Docks, with holiday seasons the most popular periods. However the landing stages were closed in 1906.During World War II the stages and tunnels surrounding them were converted into air-raid shelters. The conversion, which included additional brick blast walls, took three months at a cost of £10,150 and provided shelter for 1,619 people.

As they were and today all bricked up


The steps down from the street all bricked up..were has the bloke gone


Stalagtites or mites



It was boring waiting for the luftwaffe to feck off so noughts and crosses came in handy


the gents


The main drag


Once this arch housed Huge generators and switchgear now just vents


The ladies this way


more sleeping space


A manhole up to a busy street Sephiroth spent a happy half hour trying to look up Ladeez skirts.

[TCCI]

This is very impressive stuff especially the gents.

[MJS]

Just luuuuurvely mate. Was this access I mentioned still there?

[the kwan]

Thanks MJS, it was just as described and muchly appreciated

[Clough]

Nice only place I got the scares is in the there, lovely images of it boss

[UrbanAssassin14]

Great pics mate

[simonix]

Never get bored of seeing this place, great photos.

[coops]

caputured really well mate and loving the before pics and history good work sir