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[1] [2] The air raid shelter was converted from three play pavilions and four garages located at the semi-basement of block 78, which straddles Moh Guan Terrace and Guan Chuan Street. [3] The walls of the shelter are 19 inches thick, and the floor is made of concrete. [4] The shelters would cost $16,000 and could accommodate up to 2,000 people. [5]
A blast shelter is a place where people can go to protect themselves from blasts and explosions, like those from bombs, or in hazardous worksites, such as on oil and gas refineries or petrochemical facilities.
Some MRT stations, particularly interchange stations, are deep enough to be shielded from conventional bomb attacks from the air and act as bomb shelters. This status is enhanced by the fact that underground MRT systems have prebuilt ventilation systems with air-conditioning to ensure a degree of comfort in the unlikely event of a conventional ...
Somerset station was designed to function as a bomb shelter, and was fitted out with blast doors and thick walls of reinforced concrete to withstand bomb impacts. [11] Plants grown with the aid of hydroponics were planted in the station for aesthetic purposes.
Lavender MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line in Kallang, Singapore. Located under Kallang Road, the station is close to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) Building and Jalan Besar Stadium. Planned and built as part of Phase Two of the initial system.
A TikToker, @undergroundgirl1, is renting out her friend's bomb shelter for a year because West Coast rent prices are just too high and TikTok is losing it.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the metro stations doubled as bomb shelters, as residents took shelter from Russian bombs. [55] Like other former Soviet metro systems, the Kyiv metro was designed with this purpose in mind, and 47 of the city's 52 stations were designated for this purpose. [ 56 ]
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