Piccadilly Station Air-Raid Shelter (Remains), Manchester
Manchester Corporation issued it's first list of designated public air-raid shelters in August 1939, under the Civil Defence Act
It was estimated that around 500 shelters would be required for 100,000 people
3 such Second World War air-raid shelters once occupied space underneath the now Manchester Picadilly Station
All owned by L M & S Railway they had a combined capacity of 1275 people
Today much of the underground space is used as a car park and doubles up as the 'Warehouse Project'
There is very little left of the shelters having had a mooch below street level the original entrance is sealed, with a further 2 sections bricked up and no longer accessible
The only real features that remain are a Wardens Post, sealed Exit To Street Level, Ladies & Gents Toilets, remnants of Original Lighting and Signage
Below the streets of Manchester....
Blueprint - (Greater Manchester County Record Office)
Passage Way
Remnants Of Original Lighting & Signage
Wardens Post
Ladies Toilets
Emergency Exit
