Electrically operated floodgates which can be closed across tunnels have been installed at Waterloo and Charing Cross stations in order to enable sections of line between these stations which run under river to be isolated during air raid and so prevent any possible risk of flooding. (See also Engineering v 148 n 3848 Oct 12 1939 p 420-1)


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    Title :

    Flood prevention in tube railways


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 71 , n 15


    Publication date :

    1939


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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