Friday, 26 July 2013
25/7/13 (3)
So Vaugn was the name of guy in charge & he was very shrewd...insisting on double walls, timber bridges & his best weapon was an incredible system of tunnels in the limestone. There is miles of them & they all link up to allow manoeuvring around the Citadel without being seen from the outside.
This is one of the ventilation shafts to circulate clean air into the maze of tunnels. To increase the airflow, they set up a series of hydraulic (water) falls that doubled as their water supply.
This was an area that they stored munitions & powder. It's not too deep down so that it won't be affected by the humidity of the tunnel systems.
During the German invasion of WWII, this area was used by the Germans as a practice range for firearms. Interestingly enough, the French Resistence used the tunnel systems against the Germans.
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Andy Rob Daniel Warren looking at all your photos having lunch at robs and our day off and me birthday lol
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