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Thanks Chameleon.Yes the Park square/Headrow substation IS very interesting.I guess it's more than likely connected to the tunnels, It certainly runs in line with the vents from Northern street. I've dotted the substation and vents up on this google image herehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn/440882 ... cretleedsI doubt that's the exact course the tunnel travels though.
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Phill_dvsn wrote: Thanks Chameleon.Yes the Park square/Headrow substation IS very interesting.I guess it's more than likely connected to the tunnels, It certainly runs in line with the vents from Northern street. I've dotted the substation and vents up on this google image herehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn/440882 ... cretleedsI doubt that's the exact course the tunnel travels though. Phill don't forget there is a large substation here too (yellow rectangle) and wasn't this also the site of the old power station of which it would have been a part and the origin of the tunnels? I'm sure in one of the old posts there is a description by someone who has been down there from the power statiohn side...

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Phill_dvsn wrote: Thanks Chameleon.Yes the Park square/Headrow substation IS very interesting.I guess it's more than likely connected to the tunnels, It certainly runs in line with the vents from Northern street. I've dotted the substation and vents up on this google image herehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn/440882 ... cretleedsI doubt that's the exact course the tunnel travels though. Phill don't forget there is a large substation here too (yellow rectangle) and wasn't this also the site of the old power station of which it would have been a part and the origin of the tunnels? I'm sure in one of the old posts there is a description by someone who has been down there from the power station side... EDIT:For some reason I can't upload my altered pic to high light this, during the time I've been cursing, you've discovered this - opposite Northern Street running off the bottom of your picture. Confirms more than the one though.

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This is posted on the Hidden Leeds message board.stethe entrance to one of the underground service tunnels is in the grounds of the electricity substation off whitehall road,near the aire street junction.unfortunately it is only accessible to electric board worker droids.it heads off in the direction of city square with plenty of locked doors along its length.it isnt spectacular.
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Phill_dvsn wrote: This is posted on the Hidden Leeds message board.stethe entrance to one of the underground service tunnels is in the grounds of the electricity substation off whitehall road,near the aire street junction.unfortunately it is only accessible to electric board worker droids.it heads off in the direction of city square with plenty of locked doors along its length.it isnt spectacular. see above!!!

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chameleon wrote: Phill_dvsn wrote: This is posted on the Hidden Leeds message board.stethe entrance to one of the underground service tunnels is in the grounds of the electricity substation off whitehall road,near the aire street junction.unfortunately it is only accessible to electric board worker droids.it heads off in the direction of city square with plenty of locked doors along its length.it isnt spectacular. see above!!! Can you add a 'note box' to my flickr image? it's easy to do. It should say 'add note' at the top of the picture. You can drag it where you like with your cursor, alter the size of the box, and add what text you like.
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chameleon wrote: done! http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... 4_46311587 Got it thanks! I presume this is said substation in todays world then?http://snipurl.com/unm4s    
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I can't really get what this substation is all abouthttp://snipurl.com/und5dIt's not really like any others, it has offices upstairs, and seems to be part of the joining building. Any ideas?    
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Phill_dvsn wrote: chameleon wrote: done! http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... 4_46311587 Got it thanks! I presume this is said substation in todays world then?http://snipurl.com/unm4s     Seems to be so, I remember it being just a compound. If you look carefully, you can see the tops of the transformers/connecting busbrs in the background.

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