The Hook Underpass was the first of its type in the country, there is
even a model of it in the Science Museum, but one innovative feature
it had when first built didn't catch on and was quickly removed.

Clue: it was noisy.

In article ,
Troy Steadman wrote:
The Hook Underpass was the first of its type in the country,
there is even a model of it in the Science Museum, but one
innovative feature it had when first built didn't catch on
and was quickly removed.

Clue: it was noisy.

White ceramic tiled walls?

It's amazing that this underpass was built c.1960 whilst just up
the road there were traffic lights at South Lane until the
mid-late 1970's: they were removed when the Malden underpass was
built. A work colleague of mine lived by that junction and kept
a crowbar by the front door ready for the next accident.

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Tony Bryer

"Troy Steadman" wrote in message
om...
The Hook Underpass was the first of its type in the country, there is
even a model of it in the Science Museum, but one innovative feature
it had when first built didn't catch on and was quickly removed.

Clue: it was noisy.

The title of the thread makes me suspect that Lemmy was installed in the
tunnel somewhere, but that doesn't sound right.

Jonn

"Tony Bryer" wrote in message


Clue: it was noisy.

White ceramic tiled walls?

....as in "made a noise"...




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"Jonn Elledge" wrote in message


"Troy Steadman" wrote in message
om...
The Hook Underpass was the first of its type in the country, there is
even a model of it in the Science Museum, but one innovative feature
it had when first built didn't catch on and was quickly removed.

Clue: it was noisy.

The title of the thread makes me suspect that Lemmy was installed in the
tunnel somewhere, but that doesn't sound right.

Jonn

It isn't a tunnel, it's a roundabout on top of the A3 in a cutting,
nowadays a very ordinary intersection but in it's time quite something.
As was the "Ace of Spades" roadhouse on the old roundabout which had not
only a swimming pool but also an airfield.

The "innovative feature" was not Lemmy, but you are in the right order
of noisitude, two *very* noisy things one on either side of the road.


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In article
ilgate.org, Troy
Steadman wrote:
Clue: it was noisy.

White ceramic tiled walls?

....as in "made a noise"...

I was thinking in terms of a hard reflective surface bouncing the
sound out ...

--
Tony Bryer

Troy Steadman wrote:
"Jonn Elledge" wrote in message


"Troy Steadman" wrote in message
om...
The Hook Underpass was the first of its type in the country,
there is even a model of it in the Science Museum, but one
innovative feature it had when first built didn't catch on and
was quickly removed.

Clue: it was noisy.

The title of the thread makes me suspect that Lemmy was installed
in the tunnel somewhere, but that doesn't sound right.

Jonn

It isn't a tunnel, it's a roundabout on top of the A3 in a cutting,
nowadays a very ordinary intersection but in it's time quite
something. As was the "Ace of Spades" roadhouse on the old
roundabout which had not only a swimming pool but also an airfield.

The "innovative feature" was not Lemmy, but you are in the right
order of noisitude, two *very* noisy things one on either side of
the road.

An excessive speed warning hooter? Though I'm not sure there was any
speed limit on the Kingston By-Pass in those days.
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Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

In message , Richard J.
writes

Troy Steadman wrote:

The "innovative feature" was not Lemmy, but you are in the right
order of noisitude, two *very* noisy things one on either side of
the road.

An excessive speed warning hooter?

I wondered about fog detonators.

--
Paul Terry

Paul Terry wrote in message ...
In message , Richard J.
writes

Troy Steadman wrote:

The "innovative feature" was not Lemmy, but you are in the right
order of noisitude, two *very* noisy things one on either side of
the road.

An excessive speed warning hooter?

I wondered about fog detonators.

Now it is getting cold *you* are getting warm.

In message , Troy
Steadman writes

Paul Terry wrote in message
...

I wondered about fog detonators.

Now it is getting cold *you* are getting warm.

Ah! Was it road heating to stop ice formation?

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Paul Terry