Show SAFEST OF VAULTS BEING constructed concrete steel water protect bank of england london 1 I want the ne new w bank ot of england made so impregnable that no one could even steal so much as halt half a sovereign from its vaults vault even the theft of that small sum would ruin our pres t age I 1 that statement made by SIant Ilant agu norman governor of the dank bank of england Is responsible for the mighty barricade of steel and cement being built CO 60 feet below the streets of london normans instructions ansti actions are being carried out to the letter an and d the n new ew v vaults aul t s will withstand assail assault it fl fire r e bombardment dynamite and flood for the next nert years sears if any intruder even gets inside he must face the danger of being drowned shot or captured the new safes are aie costing and will be the main feature of the new bank of england building now halt half finished all work has been carried 1 out behind high barricades the outer doors of the safes are dc ascribed scribed ns artillery proof pi bof the outer shells are bronze while the cores a are re solid blocks of 3 inch steel all the 11 strong room system rests on a threefoot three foot bod bed of concrete rein forced with hardened haid ened steel rods lods and cover covered L d wath a layer laier of steel the sides ides r ot of the aielts vaults and safes are pro in the same way architects are certain that no amount of tunnel ing would bould ever eer permit access from below or from the sides the only feasible access to the safes a and nd vaults aults will be from above through massive grille gates end and steel doors guarded if necessary by machine gunners inside these gates and doors la Is a deep shaft with elevators lead ing down to the level of the vaults in emergencies this shaft cin can c in bo be flooded di owning drowning intruders with ft ath no danger of the water penetrating ratin the strong rooms there me are more strong grills at the lie bottom of the shaft mid and the huse hu L safe door weighs 25 tons not even the governor go elnor of the bank binef can open the safe floor door the combination code 0 of f the lock Is divided up no one per son know knowing in all of it even inside the flip site safe door there are innumerable steel doors to be before a single bir bar of gold could bo removed from the rack lack on which it lies |