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Below are thumbnails of photographs taken inside the bunker. Click on an image to see a larger version.

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This is the West entrance/exit. Note the rubber gas seals on the door and the hand painted sign.

 

 
Image: Interior Thumb Further along the corridor from the west exit, looking back towards it.  
Image: Plant Room Thumb These are electrical pipes and fuse boxes in the Plant Room.  

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Metal ventilation piping in the plant Room. They are inscribed with the word 'Porton'.

 

  

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Main power input console. Note the fuse boxes and dials on the left.

 

  
Image: Dials Thumb Air pressure dials in the Plant Room.  
Image: Steps Thumb Walking straight out of the Plant Room and along the corridor, the visitor encounters these steps.  
Image: Ante-Room Thumb This is a small ante-room at the east side of the bunker. Note the typical 1940's utilitarian decor with a red dado line.  
Image: Ops Room Thumb The central feature of the bunker, the Operations Room. The long lights hanging from the ceiling were installed after the war when the complex was used for civil defence.  
Image: Ops Room Thumb Another view of the Operations Room. Note the Controllers Cabin with curved windows in the centre of the picture.  
Image: Battery Room Thumb The Auxiliary Battery Room. Note the acid filled glass batteries to the right.  
Image: Stairs Thumb Just around the corner from the Auxiliary Battery Room. This is the top of the stairs near the mess.  
Image: Stairs Thumb Another view of the stairs looking towards the mess.  
Image: Corridor Thumb This is the corridor that runs between the AOC's office and the controllers cabin. The room on the very left edge of the photo would have been the telephone exchange.  
Image: Fallout Thumb Finally, a relic of the Cold War, a sheet that would have been used in training procedures for nuclear war.  
 
 

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