BANK OF ENGLAND.
ELABORATE DEFENCE SCHEME.
FLOODING OF THE VAULTS
(Per Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 1.15 p.m.) LONDON, April 6. The new Bank of England building, now being erected, includes elaborate defences. It will be possible, in the even* of invasion and other emergency, to flood the vaults from three pointsone within the bank, one elsewhere w London, and the third 10 miles from London. . ~ The walls consist of reinforced concrete blocks. An attempt to remove a. single block will give an electric alarm.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10888, 7 April 1927, Page 5
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86BANK OF ENGLAND. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10888, 7 April 1927, Page 5
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