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The system is estimated to have prevented up to seven thousand accidents. It continued in use until 1964 when the main role of the ROC became nuclear reporting and the underground post which lies approximately 150m to the south east, came into use. The latter was decommissioned in 1991 when the ROC was finally stood down.
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The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) were a uniformed civilian organisation tasked with preparing for nuclear disaster and would step up to maintain control of Britain should an attack happen. Fortunately, tensions neutralised and the Cold War did not turn hot.
Susceptibility map (a), ROC curve (b) and ROC values (c) for SHALSTAB... Download Scientific
ROC Underground Monitoring Posts ‹ Return to Britain at War Posted on September 1, 2013 by Ian D B Posted in — 14 Comments ↓ Nuclear attack warning and monitoring posts Photos taken at ROC Posts at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire and a couple of others at Todmorden and Shaw in Lancashire.
Royal Observer Corps Post Crowborough Common Official Site, Crowborough, West Sussex
The air vents were covered by downward-sloping louvres above ground and sliding metal shutters below ground to control air flow during contamination by radioactive fallout. Internaly the underground posts were 4.75 metres in length and 2.25 metres in width and height with power being supplied from 12 volt batteries inside the post and a petrol.
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This is a list of Royal Observer Corps (ROC) nuclear monitoring posts incorporated into the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO). List of Royal Observer Corps / United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation Posts (A-E) List of Royal Observer Corps / United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation Posts (F-K)
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The standard Royal Observer Corp (ROC) nuclear monitoring post maps are printed on an U.K. outline map with a grid overlay. This makes it difficult to assimilate the locations of numbered spots with the physical layout of the towns and cities. When the Ordnance Survey made available a free base map, it opened up an opportunity to make a more.
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The posts were built to a standard design with a 14 foot access ladder, a small toilet and store and a monitoring room, with an air vent on the far side. The monitoring room was equipped with chairs, a folding table, shelves, cupboards and metal bunk beds. The Royal Observer Corps was stood down in 1991 as a result of the fall of the Soviet.
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Northleach ROC Post Subterranea Britannica
ROC underground monitoring post built in 1960. MATERIALS: reinforced concrete. PLAN: the post has a rectangular plan and is located in a field around 235m to the west of Wykin Lane. EXTERIOR: the post is situated beneath a shallow grassy mound that is rectangular in shape. Entry is gained via a concrete access shaft with a louvered vent.
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The satellite posts consisted of four kinds (numbers in brackets) :-. Royal Observer Corps (27); Royal Air Force (22); AA Command Searchlight (50); Coastguard (129) A total of 27 ROC satellite posts were set up, each manned by a single observer. 50 AA Command Searchlight sites were linked from the searchlight sentry to the nearest ROC Post. 22.
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In 1959 an underground post was opened for the ROC's new role of monitoring nuclear attack and fall out. It was a master post supervising a cluster of three other posts and reporting to the 20 Group headquarters in York.. MAP EXTRACT The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract. Legacy The contents of this record have been.
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The ROC monitoring post on Keelby Road was built and opened in 1961 at the site of a former Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) gun site. It was known as the Roxton ROC post or more formally as post 20/V2 from September 1963 and then 15/B2 from October 1968 (Dobinson, 2000 p252). The ROC post continued to be operational until September 1991.
Whitby ROC Post Subterranea Britannica
Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Monitoring Posts were underground monitoring stations built for volunteers to monitor the effects of a nuclear blast. The first prototype was built in Surrey in 1956 and was used for a trial to see how effective they were to operate and live in.
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ROC Post Maps shows the locations of all the known ROC posts located in Scotland. Although there are only 336 points of interest, the total number of markers shown is closer to 600, as the maps provide additional data: The original 6 digit Ordnance Survey National Grid References ( NGR) recorded for each post.
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