Sandbag protection at Birmingham Snow Hill Station
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Railway stations were on high alert during the war years. The principal stations on the GWR network were used by hundreds of people each day and a direct bomb strike on any of these stations could potentially cause multiple fatalities. Air raid precautions were put in place to minimise the effect of bomb damage. This image of Birmingham Snow Hill Station shows the use of sandbags to protect buildings, and their occupants, from fire and shrapnel damage
Copyright © STEAM Museum of the GWR
Media ID 15134202
Date: 28th February 2014
Unique Reference Number: W8 028
Image Size: 3112 x 2336 Pixels
Filesize is 1.29MB
Associated Categories: Birmingham Snow Hill
Associated Categories: Second World War
Keywords: air raid protection, arp, birmingham snow hill, sandbags, station, war, ww2