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Descending Crawhall Road entrance ramp.
Descending the Crawhall Road entrance ramp.

Looking up the Crawhall Road entrance ramp.
Looking up the Crawhall Road entrance ramp. Blast wall across ramp near the bottom can be seen.

Ouse Street entrance ramp.
Ouse Street entrance showing remains of blackout doors.

Section of tunnel between blast walls 3 & 4.
Section between blast walls 3 & 4 showing some WWII lighting cable which was originally on the roof.
Reinforced section under the Quayside the Quayside Branch Railway tunnel.
Reinforced section under the Quayside Branch Railway tunnel.
WWII chemical toilet.
WWII chemical toilet.
Hancock Museum entrance ramp.
Hancock Museum entrance ramp.
WWII signage at Hancock Museum entrance
Signage at the bottom of the Hancock Museum entrance ramp.

Section of tunnel between Claremont Road & Hancock Museum entrances.
Blast wall between Claremont Road & Hancock Museum entrances.
Blast wall between Claremont Road & Hancok Museum entrances showing WWII signage.
WWII graffiti.
WWII graffiti between Claremont Road & Hancock Museum entrances.
Remains of some WWII benching.
Remains of some (park?) benching between Claremont Road & Hancock Museum entrances.

Top of Claremont Road entrance ramp.
Top end of Claremont Road entrance ramp.

St Thomas' entrance ramp.
Looking up the St Thomas' entrance ramp.
Section of tunnel under the Metro.
Lined section of the tunnel where it passes under the Haymarket and the Metro tunnels.
Recovering the WWII chemical toilet.
Moving the chemical toilet from the north end of the tunnel where it was found to the Crawhall Road entrance.
Blocked north end of the tunnel.
Most northerly end of the tunnel where it has been filled-in. Note the thickness of coal dust on this uncleaned section.
Inside of doors at Hancock Museum entrance.
Doors to the Hancock Museum entrance ramp from the inside. These doors are no longer accessible but can be seen.

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