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 |  |  | Camden Catacombs, LON - UK - Aug 2009
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|  | | | The Camden Catacombs were originally built as subterranean network of corridors and basements to allow the movement of goods around the once extensive array of Victorian warehouses based at the large Camden LMS goods rail depot. They also provided shelter for the many horses that were used to haul the rail wagons around the goods yard. They once extended much, much further than the small portion we explored but unfortunately much of it was demolished during extensive redevelopment in the early 1980's. Quite an adventure really, this explore, it being my first that involved the use of a boat. After a few tense moments rowing into the murk we alighted at our access point and began our wander into the vaults themselves. Due to the extensive redevelopment work that was happening at 30 Oval Road most of the remaining vaults under the building have been demolished leaving only the comparatively small section linking the canal basin to 30 Oval Road. There were still some Victorian relics down there, like the odd stable door, but mostly it's just full of builders detritus. My guess is it will all soon be refurbished in any case so it was good to see the last of these vaults in their (almost) original state. We were able to climb to roof of 30 Oval Road and take a couple of high views of Camden and it's environs before paddling back. All in all a grand day out. For any history-o-philes out there, in the film "The London Nobody Knows", a tiny snipit shows the catacombs before they were closed.
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| | Re: Camden Catacombs, LON - UK - Aug 2009
<Reply # 1 on 9/5/2009 9:01 PM >
| | | | Very nice, that place looks to be amazing, would love to see more, and in person!!!
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| | Re: Camden Catacombs, LON - UK - Aug 2009
<Reply # 2 on 9/24/2009 9:01 PM >
| | | | great shots, you should check out more of the system and post some more pic's
great work!
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