Royal Marines WW2 Tunnels - Chatham

[@paulvamos7319]

Thanks folk. I liked that one. Gotta love the underground and that place was big!

[@IKS-Exploration]

Yeah was a true gem of a location :)

[@ashleygggytttttu5888]

my anxiety was through the roof watching you come back down them stairs great explore guys!

[@keithbr9530]

at 8: 14 ballast choke and capacitor for fluorescent tube light above ...... at 8: 38 ventilation fan motor with stator missing ( copper thives ) ........ at 9: 18 allen west electric starter for fan motor ( internal parts missing ) ......... at 42: 07 brook motors ( huddersfield ) bs 1936 . 20 horsepower 1425 rpm was driving the fan ( all the copper and brass gone ) . great explore

[@SueGirling68]

Thanks Ian, Chris and gang, what a fantastic episode. This deep shelter is now documented for future generations thanks to your hard work and bravery in accessing the different levels, you guys are the true golden gems. Thanks for sharing, much love. xx ❤

[@sullivanrachael]

It makes me giggle whenever Ian sees a piece of electrical equipment that has an electric motor - “generator?” No it’s not Ian. It’s just an electric motor. Connected to a fan to maintain the supply of fresh air! A ‘generator’ - a dynamo for DC, alternator for AC current, would require some form of mechanical drive - a petrol or Diesel engine - which would be noisy and create toxic exhaust fumes underground. Some places do have them; but most of the small WW2 bunkers ran off municipal supply. Criticism aside, great explore, amazing to see such places; thank you for putting yourselves in such places to create a precious historical record. One thing that gets to me is the fact almost everyone who designed, built, maintained and served in these tunnels will have passed away. The graffiti may be one of the few material traces of those men

[@ianhaggart1438]

Proper job. Love the shelter. Great job on documenting it all. Stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@fatblokes_ferguson]

Always love the hidden underground stuff, it's amazing how much stuff is still underneath the streets and brilliant that it is still being discovered. Brilliant hidden gem 👍👏

[@keeganbay3490]

Well that took some balls to climb! Glad everyone made it safe

[@arrangrant6037]

Great explore guys I remember as a kid in the 1970s seeing oil lamps like those being used by road and construction workers

[@LeeNottingham]

Great to see you broke the 100,000 barrier. This is a channel that really deserves it. Haven't watched a video for a while....got my coffee ready. Cheers. Keep it up. Great stuff!

[@IKS-Exploration]

Thanks for your support folk

[@buzzabuzza3494]

Golden gem for sure so many features and inscriptions superb explore many thx👏👏👏

[@iConjureParanormal]

Great explore, looks amazing, would love to go here

[@andrewdavies6309]

Brilliant video ian and Chris love the videos

[@dbenergy717]

I have been watching your videos from the USA for years at this point. I would love to visit on one of my trips and explore some of these sites.

[@toddmetzger]

Feels like I've been here before. Am I having a bad case of video deja vu? Still a great explore, climbing those stairs and squeezing through those tiny holes in some of the walls, whew...

[@IKS-Exploration]

Yeah old explores folk

[@adriandaish485]

Schetchy staircase 😮🙂 great video.

[@paulwilliams8725]

Great video lads 👍

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Bar codes. First was Wriggles chewing gum 1974 US. British Isles very late 80's started to take off, plenty of small shops here in Ireland still don't use them, sure its the same everywhere. If that crisp wrapper was outside I'd give it a year. Great explore thanks.

[@chrisball8431]

You had by far the best stair technique 👌

[@MetamorphicWonders]

The painted “Diamond” crest at 17.28. Mins. This company made Anderson Shelters in WW2. I have examples of other makers crests. There is about 15 different makers of this thick galvanised corragated iron.

[@davidmcnally4773]

Company was Dorman long at red car Teesside

[@paulshaw4385]

Just down the road from me I'm in gravesend nice video I've just subscribed 👍

[@IKS-Exploration]

Thanks for your support folk :)

[@twowheelexploration9228]

Totally epic well done . What a place

[@snowman3630]

AMAZING GOLDEN GEMS FOLK , WONDER IF THEY KEPT SOME OF THESE UNDERGROUND SHELTERS IN LIKE MOTHBALLS STATUS DURING THE COLD WAR , IN CASE OF EMERGENCY USE , STILL A GREAT FIND FOLK 👌

[@smithylufc8798]

Yessssss an hour long episode come onnn 😁💪

[@flickit6825]

In my home town. Might be worth trying to check out the tunnels at the bottom of Chatham hill near Luton arches. Not much about them on the internet.

[@ColinHarperSummerson]

Absolutely fantastic , even with the rotten wood , still so much history left to see , but talk about risky , though , but still, you all worked out best way to get higher, Guess its the explorer in you all, drives you on, taking risks, its not knowing , just what could be a bit further up, yet to discover of the past, thank you 👍🙂

[@craigstorer6571]

Those stairs may give some of us nightmares. :)

[@stevegeorge6479]

Omg the best so far guys👍👍👍👍🍻🍻

[@stanpollard]

How long would people stay down in these bunkers. That would feel so claustrophobic in there

[@WheelsofRage]

Back in the early 90s I was a student at Greenwich University in the Chatham docks. Their are several bunker doors? and plant rooms dug into the hill side. Wondering if these are bunkers ww2 and cold war bunker associated with the Docs. Id Love to know more as I always wondered?

[@IKS-Exploration]

Sounds interesting :) this video might interest you : CHATHAM DOCKYARD (COLD WAR BUNKER) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGmxioObr9mJb6M

[@WheelsofRage]

Thanks for that

[@richardsteele6776]

Simply incredible. Definitely dangerous.

[@TheWhteWolf]

If I was younger I would love to go there as I live in Maidstone.

[@o0MadHouse0o]

Went here last year. The stairs are definitely scary.

[@rubenalvarez5726]

Que bonita es la vida de hoy como todas las amoranzas de el pueblo de benamaurel vuestro y mío gracias por vernos de toda la vida mando saludos a mi familia y también a mis amigos de la asociación esperanza de benamaurel y granada también hasta entonces hablo Rubén

[@eefjuh5533]

Those cable gutters are more recent. From the 80s or later, i think. Maybe 70s or later.

[@jeffreybail353]

in the ladies wc there was no plumbing, if the did it all in buckets it would stink the entire tunnel system. i really dont think all these tunnels were built before and during ww2, the tunnels existed way way long time ago and were repurposed

[@Queen-of-Swords]

A bucket with a lid doesn't particularly stink. You have to think of emptying such things though and the practicality of carrying them up and down. Small buckets with lids, I guess.

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Definitely another close Wile E Coyote moment.

[@meditationmusicbyalexjackson]

Have you been there before? I remember those steps!

[@tareskisloki8579]

This is from 2017, you might have seen a live stream or something.

[@paulallen6888]

Yeah it was definitely this one mate..I remember it too

[@IKS-Exploration]

Yeah it was a 2 part series uploaded long time ago I have made it into 1 long video

[@norbfio1]

who whispered at 12:12

[@warrenjohnknight.9831]

I am thinking that it's more frightening going down those staircases, 😠.

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

Dang 🥺🥺🥺👍🐯

[@Zeegaming25.]

The the entrance to the Wright brothers tunnel

[@norberthofer5830]

Those shelters look worse then the bombed out tunnels in Germany.

[@georgesmith8113]

👍👊😎

[@James-cx5cb]

Generators have loads of copper in them someones had the copper or reused it for something else !.

[@user-il1nj7gu1c]

Probably syringes

[@GuitarDan73]

Shines torch on 1941 and 1937 graffitti but mensions the 1949 date 😂