“HOUSE” UNDER A MEADOW
I BOMB-PROOF DEVICE An underground bomb-proof “house” is to be built beneath a stretch of meadowland in Hertfordshire. It is to be built to the order of a wealthy Briton at the cost of £30.000. I The architect, Mr. Alan Daly, of Messrs. Woolsey and Co., of Elstree, said to a representative of the Daily Telegraph: "The house will be airconditioned and flooded with artificial sunlight. The framework is to be of steel and built in with reinforced concrete. Air Ministry and gunnery experts are being consulted about the construction of the roof, which will probably consist of several feet of ■ concrete.” Entrance to the refuge will be by a tunnel from a road some distance away. Special water, heating and lighting installations will make Ihe house independent of public services.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 16 June 1936, Page 2
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