Second World War public air raid shelter for 46 people established in 1939 in an existing brick arched pedestrian tunnel connecting Norfolk and Raphael Roads which passes under a railway line. The nature of any adaptations is unknown but is likely to have included blast walls at either end. Remanants of white paint on the inside surfaces of the tunnel may have originated during its use as a shelter. It would have been decommissioned at the end of the Second World War in Europe in 1945 and any adaptations speedily removed, probably the same year. The tunnel continues in use as a footway.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey : There is open access, as the former shelter is a public footway.
Tourism Potential : Potentially a place to be noted in any defence heritage trail for the area.
Condition : moderate
Date of visit : 20/04/06

Gravesend's Borough Engineer, 11/10/39, Untitled (Unpublished document). SKE13968.

Gravesend's Borough Engineer, 11/10/39, Untitled (Unpublished document). Ske13968.