The museum entrance.
View of the massive concrete dome.
Tunnel into the hill beneath the dome.
The rusty remains of part of a V2 rocket.
Tunnels underneath the dome.
The remains of machinery.
In order to turn the plance into a museum, a hole was made into the wall in order to allow heavy machinery to get in. This photo illustrates the thickness of the concrete – it took huge quantities of explosives, and took weeks to penetrate.
Great pictures Chris.
I’ve visited La Coupole on a couple of occasions – it’s an awesome structure and knowing what the place was capable of I think we should be grateful to Barnes Wallis & the RAF that they managed to do the damage they did..
Comment by David Wakefield — January 29, 2009 @ 3:00 pm