My father worked at Woolwich Arsenal during the war - he was responsible for keeping the machinery operational, a reserved occupation. He told me about a shadow factory, concealed under a field somewhere in the country side, that production could be transfered if the Arsenal was destroyed. He told me he visited this as part of his duties to ensure it was ready for transfer should it be needed. He wanted to show me this factory before he passed away but sadly was unable to locate/remember its exact location. Your video gives me a good idea of what it would of been like...thank you

So, they built housing on top of these tunnels? when the supports rot away in 20 or thirty years time, and the tunnels collapse, the houses above will drop rapidly into the hole, and in value, lol.

,Part two did not disappoint at all, a great look around at a forgotten underground world, is this one of the biggest tunnel systems you have now been round, it looks huge and just so wide, thanks for all your hard work chaps,

Great trip again and lots to see. Thanks for getting out there for us and Greetings from Ww2HistoryHunter

@mast3ma009

7 жыл бұрын

holy madonna! :)

Great video again mate. The time you put into doing these is genuinelly appreciated by many. Keep doing it....its GREAT VIEWING!!

Wow, that was a big old place...thanks for taking us along gentleman, much appreciated!

Hello IKS, another amazing video, we really appreciate all your hard work and effort you put into making these videos. Kind regards David.

Very exciting tour , Thanks !

Again nice work guys thanks for the history.

Superb what a vast area best one yet Ian well done for this video.

I've been waiting all week for this Thanks Ian & guys :)

Great video Ian I was amazed at how big the place was, really enjoyed it, Thanks for doing such interesting videos,I love your channel.

Wow another great exploration, gents thanks for taking us along, again we apprectiate it.

excellent 2 parter,thanks for sharing

Brilliant video from you both...always enjoy your work!!!...

Very well done. Loved every minute Thanks for sharing

Another great explore, thanks.

Really appreciate the work you put into documenting this for us all before time takes it away, being a war history buff I love this kind of content

What an amazing place..nice one chaps, great video as usual..

So interesting, what a huge place brilliant video.

Enjoyed this adventure Ian. Good job.

excellent stuff, that was the best bunker explore yet.

Excellent,Quality video very interesting

this was a goldmine for history mate

Quality video, mate!

Massive!! ...thanks for sharing !

Absolutely incredible. Thank you very much

excellent mate another great video thanks

Fantastic explore chaps 👍

As always guys awesome, the size of the place its hugh, do like the brick work arche's,as alway's BIG THANK YOU,for going out and sharing.

very impressive gents. the size of that place is unbelievable. just to think of the effort building it all

Great video as always! Cheers form North Carolina!

Great video Ian :)

exzellent Work with Video.

Great video guys

good one ian great watchung it while waiting to board flight in portrigal thanks again keep up the good work

Great video Ian! Cheers from Pennsylvania!

another good one guys

what a mudpit 😂nice video guys 👍

one of your best

Welly World. :-) Seriously, that's an amazing site. I'd love to have seen it when it was operational.

👍 Looks to be quite interesting place to explore. 👍

Ian I am glad you crawl through the mud for us 😁

Would be neat to have a tunnel under my house. Another great video guys.

I've been in there about five years ago very nice history history👍👍

Brilliant just brilliant.most of the exhausts are from the 1100 and some look like mini there was a metro tailgate as well

i hope you guys have your tetnis shots lol.i really hope you guys also have a first aid kit with you at all times some of these places are pretty sketchy man lol be carefull thanks for another cool video...

great vid, that is a mini door panel at 17.24 :) late 70's style

Love your videos

@IKS-Exploration

7 жыл бұрын

+Meeker Extreme thanks for your support :)

32:44 this is the 400 watt sodium light ballast and 4Kv starter. lights like these have a current limiter needed otherwise they go faulty that is why the Brown philips bsn400 block is added.

The lights at 28.35 are Flame proof lights used in flammable/explosive areas such as Spray booths/Paint stores they would be wireid in using Pyro.

would love to go and see this place

good god! those explosion resistant fluorescent light fixtures can fetch a hell of alot of money :O

Always follow the cables, that's where the fun stuff is.

You always make the most excellent videos.I just love anything to do with WW 1 or WW 2 keep it safe.Peace out From the United States.

Looks exciting

@IKS-Exploration

7 жыл бұрын

+Planetary The Titan thanks for watching:)

I think that the area with the signs with various bay numbers was the point where finished parts were put for either inspection, or to be taken to the stores or for dispersal elsewhere. The bay numbers were so that if mistakes were found, their origin was known, and measures could be taken to remedy any problems.

very interesting

I would not won't my house to be built on them tunnels bound to collapse at some point great work on the video lads

Amazing places so large much to see and some great finds how long did it take you all to get around it

Amazing all that is underground and people not know. Makes you wonder what might be underground now. If they built that back then imagine what they have built underground since. Tunnels to everywhere. Who knows. & You had to go all that way back. Thanks for exploring and sharing.

A friend of mine lives close to the old Longbridge works, If I'd know those tunnels were there back when I was able bodied, I'd have been in there!

Great video Chaps spotted the metro boot lid :-) Makes me think why do we not have any bits of these massive factories saved as museums??? The size and scale , we don't even save a tiny bit for our heritage! which is a shame!

@AverageJoe2020

7 жыл бұрын

It is a shame, I was involved in the restoration of a vast underground munitions store for public viewing and exploration. Unfortunately, through the very dodgy and illegal dealings of the property syndicate we were closed down, and the complex was sold off to a secure document storage company, I seem to remember that the last year we were open 50,000 people visited, sad eh? Regards, J.

@brdm2rkh

7 жыл бұрын

Because unless someone is going to make lots of money they aint bothered

Great vid,Walker brothers are or where a civil eng company from Folkstone, however i do not think they were going in ww2 so the stores must be from a later time. also I might have a tip for you , as you leave ashford on the old A20, opposite an housing estate , a railway line is on the right hand side. It runs through a cutting and in that cutting is a platform with large sliding doors. back in the sixties when I did my aprentiseship it was always discribe as storeage/loading area so that Army goods from the REME workshop on the great chart rd could be loaded safe from air attack. and was said to be connected to the wksp by tunnels. I know its now a long time ago but it might be worth checking out on google earth or with cotacts. Its a pitty that back at the end of the sixties no one was interested in ww2 history. keep the good work this stuff will not be around much longer

Hi mike Fontaine here again I recognize the brick sections of the tunnels that are backfield I will have to check my records but I think beyond those sections are still under the MOD so beware also there was never any cold war activity down there back soon TTFN.

You have to buy a very good 4k camera, I love your videos!!!

Re" mart + daz 1948" it looks like felt pen. So not genuine as they were not in wide use till the sixties. Love the video!

@DaveHorgan.

6 жыл бұрын

Raymond Gill also I can't see the shorter names Mart and Daz being in wide use in the 40s at all. Too informal and Daz wouldn't have been used until much later on 😁

Good job no one slipped over. 👍

Tremendous love stuff like this,pity there's no old pictures of these places in action,but there won't be because they were secret 🇬🇧

Light fittings at 28 min are explosion proof fittings, often used in spray booths or areas where they might have had solvents.

Absolutely facinating. I loved the way it turned from dilapidated (but still interesing) ww2 tunnels into bricklined vaults - very Fallout-y! On a different but related topic, if you ever do this sort of thing in Mexico, take a flamethower - www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/14/massive-spider-red-fangs-discovered-mexican-cave/ . As I was reading this article, I immediately thought of your vidios where you find cave spiders/egg sacks etc!

iks I saw u at dover priory yesterday

cool

A while back they found a whole original car down there! 👍

I think I saw a documentary on this when they were building plane parts or something like tgat

A thouroughly engrossing three quarters of an hour, gents. Thank you.

What we're those huge lights used for at 32:30?

34:20 Drill bits for milling machines? stainless steel exhausts for generator? Would an army jeep have stainless?

rumour has it these tunnels used to join the tunnels underneath Birmingham city centre and then even further onto Wolverhampton

Wow. ATB

Filled in now?

Hey need your help asap I need to know where the entrance is as I have to go visit please get in touch

@IKS-Exploration

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly as far as I know folk these are sealed not been since 2018 so I will be no help one entrance has houses being built on it and the other was alarmed when I was there last . I see the whole tunnel system early 2017.

were did all the mud or what ever that is come from? thats truck loads of material, there is a floor right? if the builders didnt put a concrete floor i guess my question is a stupid 1 lol

10,000 people, jheez, that's a small town

Who else had been down there? I mean look at all those footprints 👀 👣

@pkrmkn31

2 жыл бұрын

me

I need to build myself a tunnel system.

What you discovered there was the little known Lickey Spring!

Why can't people get some of that stuff out

mg cars were made here back in the day

The poor person who has sneakers on.

You really should start going more prepared with things like extra batteries and safety gear plus a set of dry boots and sock. Additionally you need to start telling someone where your going. That way if you ever get stuck they will know where to look for you.

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Amazing video mate

should of took them light they are worth £150/200 each on ebay