Monday, December 3, 2007

H Channel: Cities of the Underground - London

civil engineering skills of the romans and the Brits during 2nd world war in action! best!

deep level bunkers

london tube - 1st world underground railway 1940 nazi targets london: 8 million ppl. deep level bunkers were built to save londoners. bunkbeds with 8000 londoners cramped in. saved thousands of lives.

Thames river

much bigger than it is today. romans tambak, tapi lama2 soil deposited maka sungai semakin kecil.

ancient roman ruins

beneath the streets! secretly preserved now. evidences of central heating system.

london lost rivers

banyak jalan raya skang di london sebenarnya adalah sungai dulu. covered over in the 19th century. why? mase influx manusia, banyak housing and bulidings diperlukan. sebab kedua is they need an awesome sewerage system, so rivers were converted into sewage channels!

Westminster Abbey

underneath is another church and a burial site.

Churchill's secret hideout



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