FAMOUS CAVES' WAR SECRET
STORE FOR POWDErt SUFFICIENT *> TO BLOW UP LONDON. The famous chalk caves of Chislehurst, Kent, which have been reopened to the public, will be associated in future with tiro romances of tho war. In these natural magazines, 'Unknown to the people of the locality were stored enough am-' munition and high explosives to have blown up the whole of' London, the "Daily Mail" states. Thousands of pounds of T.N.T. ■ (trinitrotoluol) alone were housed in special bins in the alcoves and lateral drives of thrse seven miles of underground passages, where" a chance bomb or lighted match would have devastated the whole countryside. The walls of the main entrance to the caves were reinforced with concrete, and heavy iron doors more than, a foot in thickness, and equipped with secret locks, were built. Miniature railway lines for ammunition trolleys were laid throughout the entire length of the main passages.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 283, 24 August 1920, Page 4
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152FAMOUS CAVES' WAR SECRET Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 283, 24 August 1920, Page 4
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