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has gloss | eng: The London deep-level shelters are eight deep-level air-raid shelters that were built under London Underground stations during World War II. Each consists of a pair of parallel tunnels in diameter and long. Each tunnel is subdivided into two decks, and each shelter was designed to hold up to 8,000 people. It was planned that after the war the shelters would be used as part of new express tube lines paralleling parts of the existing Northern and Central Lines. Each tunnel is of a diameter much larger than that usually used for running tunnels, but smaller than that used for the platform tunnels, hence they were constructed at the stations that would have been bypassed on the high-speed lines. However, 16 ft running tunnels were used for the Northern City Line opened in 1904, since it had been intended to run main-line trains here (a plan not realised until 1976). |
lexicalization | eng: London Deep Level Shelters |
lexicalization | eng: London deep-level shelters |
instance of | c/Shelters |
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has gloss | heb: המקלטים העמוקים של לונדון הינם שמונה מקלטים עמוקים תת-קרקעיים בלונדון שמטרתם הייתה התגוננות מפני מתקפה אווירית. מקלטים אלה נבנו מתחת לרכבת התחתית של לונדון במלחמת העולם השנייה. כל מקלט מורכב משתי מנהרות מקבילות, בקוטר 5.3 מטרים ובאורך 3.7 ק"מ. כל מנהרה מחולקת לשני מפלסים, ותוכננה להכיל 8,000 אנשים. על פי התכנון, לאחר המלחמה היו המנהרות אמורות להיות חלק מקו רכבת תחתית מהירה. |
lexicalization | heb: המקלטים העמוקים של לונדון |
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lexicalization | por: Abrigos de grande profundidade em Londres |
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media:img | Belsize Park deep level shelter 3.jpg |
media:img | Clapham South deeplevelshelter.jpg |
media:img | GoodgeStreetDeepLevelShelter.jpg |
media:img | Stockwell deep level shelter entrance.jpg |
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