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Building record TQ 67 SE 1168 - British Telecom Cold War communications bunker, Ordnance Road, Gravesend
Summary
Cold War reserve Post Office communications bunker at the present British Telecom telephone exchange on the NE corner of the junction of Ordnance Road with Milton Road, Gravesend. It is thought to have consisted of a small chamber for a telephone switchboard and adjacent sleeping accommodation. No other details are known. It is believed that the bunker originated at the time the telephone exchange was built in c. 1960. It would have been decommissioned at the end of the Cold War in 1990 and is said still to exist.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 6521 7403 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ67SE |
Civil Parish | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
County | KENT |
District | GRAVESHAM, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
PA Connolly, 01/01/00, Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE13988.
PA Connolly, 01/01/00, Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske13988.
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Record last edited
Jul 31 2009 4:36AM