BANK OF ENGLAND
ITS NEW PREMISES. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST INVASION FLOODING OF THE VAULTS. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Received 2 p.m. to-day. LONDON, April 6. The new Bank of England building, now being erected, includes elaborate defences. It will be possible in the event of an invasion, and other emergencies, to flood the vaults from three points, one within the bank, one elsewhere in London, and a third ten miles f ram I <on do n. The walls consist of reinforced concrete blocks. An attempt to remove a single block will give an electric alarm.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 7 April 1927, Page 9
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94BANK OF ENGLAND Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 7 April 1927, Page 9
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