Permission visit to the 237m long Inchindown tanks, there is 6 tanks but only 5 are 237 meters long. Hidden in the hill at about 400th in depth from the Nazis for WW2. New underground tanks was made instead of using the 45 WW1 tanks as bombers advanced enough to make them an easy target. They was used to store fuel oil safe from the German bombers and was last used to fuel some of the ships for the Falklands war in 1982. Since then they have been left empty and it now holds the record for the longest echo in the world.
It was quiet an experience to hear the echo inside the tank. The mark on the ceiling running the length of the tank is where they filled the 12m high tank to with fuel oil which I'm told is one grade under crude oil.
Made this a stop on our(@Jonesey and I) Scotland staycation and it was well worth the drive up there.
Access to the tank, yes you sit on a trolley and go through the pipe.
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It was quiet an experience to hear the echo inside the tank. The mark on the ceiling running the length of the tank is where they filled the 12m high tank to with fuel oil which I'm told is one grade under crude oil.
Made this a stop on our(@Jonesey and I) Scotland staycation and it was well worth the drive up there.
Access to the tank, yes you sit on a trolley and go through the pipe.
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