Buildings, Architecture and other Oddities

Appears to be in Coastal Command colours!

 

Robert I think you are right

On first glance I thought It had a bouncing bomb in the back but now at closer look its a naval mine

 

Years ago I was offered a Heinkel bubble car. The top had been replaced with a square Bf 109 style cockpit cover, the nose painted yellow and the rest was in dunkelgrun - at least they hadn't painted a balkan cross on the side

 

I always thought the Messerschmitt had the cockpit style canopy (Messerschmitt KR200 - Wikipedia) and that the Heinkel had a front opening door (Heinkel Kabine - Wikipedia)

But then I am no expert on these matters

TD

 

This is the back flap hinge from the Heinkel

 

Once a venue for the Who.
The Railway Hotel,Wealdstone nw London

Building flattened and now a block flats

 

Works if the numbers are flats

 

I think some are octaves

 

Vestry of Saint Mary Islington Electric Light

 

Building on farmland Borehamwood,Hertfordshire.

 

Interesting. What is it? Rainwater collection tank?

Tim

 

An aviary?

 

Elstree Tunnel airshafts
Borehamwood: Elstree Tunnels Airshafts (C) Nigel Cox
Viewed from the A411 Barnet Lane these are two of the airshafts on the former Midland Railway's Elstree Tunnels. The airshafts are about 30 metres apart giving some idea of the separation between the two tunnel bores. The railway was originally opened in 1868 with just one tunnel bore and the nearer red brick airshaft is over that tunnel, so is presumably contemporary with it. Shortly after, and certainly by 1898 as it is shown on the Ordnance Survey map of the time, the second tunnel was built to cope with increased railway traffic, and the far darker brick airshaft is on the newer bore.

Given that the ground level on the A411 here is about 119 metres above sea level and that it is about 92 metres in the vicinity of Elstree and Borehamwood Station one would guess that the tunnel track level is roughly about 25 metres down from the ground level at the airshafts.

 

Well done Guy
I have driven past them for many years and not bothered to take a photo until now

Regards
Clive

 

I'm familiar with ventilation shafts on a number of tunnels but none with that sort of domed grill. The ones I know have simple flat grills to stop people falling down the shaft (or disposing of rubbish). Is there any reason other than the engineer's vanity for the more elaborate structure?

 

knowing the area as I do it would have been in keeping with the farm buildings or just to stand out

 

Not unique. For instance there are similar ones on the Totley tunnel near Sheffield and on the Netherton tunnel near Huddersfield.

Tim

 

Hold on tight