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All the tunnels with the exception of Ho5 and Ho8 are partially or completely sealed off,this is due to hazardous material (Ho2 contains large amounts of flamthrower proppelant) and danger of rockfall. This however has not stopped determined Islanders from breaking in to the tunnels leading to many of the tunnels being completely emptied. |
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Revision as of 19:43, 10 April 2012
Hohlgangsanlage tunnels are a number of underground tunnels constructed by the occupying German forces, in Jersey, during the Occupation of Jersey. These are bunkers which were intended to protect troops, and assets from air raids.
The word hohlgangsanlage can be translated to "cave passage installations".[1]
All of the tunnels, bar Ho5, are incomplete, some never progressed beyond planning. The tunnels which are partly complete are, nonetheless, quite substantial in size. Completed sections were used for various purposes such as storage.
Construction
The tunnels were dug in to the sides of hills, in to granite rock. This means that incomplete tunnels remain mostly intact, due to the strength of the unsupported rock. Completed sections are finished with reinforced concrete floor slabs, walls, and ceilings.
Museum
Since the end of the Occupation, Hohlgangsanlage 8 has been converted in to a visitor attraction.[2]
The tunnels
- Ho1 - was a munitions storage tunnel, more recently used as a mushroom farm.[3]
- Ho2 – Ration store – incomplete.[4]
- Ho3 – A munitions store which was planned, but never excavated
- Ho4 - Munitions store in Grand Vaux, St Saviour – incomplete, and now used by Jersey Water for storage[5]
- Ho5 – Fuel store but used to store munitions. The main entrance tunnel was an existing train tunnel.[6]
- Ho6 - Personnel shelter – completed but sealed and obliterated in 45/46.
- Ho7 – Artillery reserves – exploratory work only (rear entrance to Ho8 is also here).
- Ho8 - St Peters Valley Artillery Quarters, converted to a hospital, and now a visitor attraction.
- Ho9 - Bellozanne Valley electricity works 1 – planning stage only.
- Ho10 - Ration store 2 – under construction.
- Ho11 - Personnel shelter- believed completed but sealed and obliterated in 45/46.
- Ho12 - Fuel store – exploratory work only.
- Ho13 - Munition store – under construction.
- Ho14 - Fuel store – exploratory work only.
- Ho15 – Purpose unknown – under construction.
- Ho16 / 17 / 18 No information known
- Ho19 – Electricity works – under construction and used to store munitions.
Current State
All the tunnels with the exception of Ho5 and Ho8 are partially or completely sealed off,this is due to hazardous material (Ho2 contains large amounts of flamthrower proppelant) and danger of rockfall. This however has not stopped determined Islanders from breaking in to the tunnels leading to many of the tunnels being completely emptied.