SK 1 News Antwerpen

[dirk Peeters]

Hey Jos That is the drawning from KLM (Koninklijk Legermuseum in Brussels) Nice to see it again
The date of this drawing is 9 marz 1943

It has hung a the first years in our SK1 (must be in 2000 2003) but we don t used it anymore (a copy ofcourse)

and the americans have already a copie of it in jan 1944

[dirk Peeters]

i wonder where this SK 1 was constructed from these plans
Certainly not Antwerp , because we see on the german drawing radiators installed (central heating) and at Antwerp we have the ultra rare Lufterhitzer , there are no radiators needed in Antwerp
Tourcoing maybe , Roubaix has also the Lufterhitzer, and i know of a SK 1 who has even WT80 in the rooms .....
i ll think the best for these german and american plan it is the HQ at Tourcoing

[dirk Peeters]

an old drawing for Tourcoing

[der bunkermann]

Hi Dirk,
That makes me wonder: were the waterpipes installed in your sk 1?
in our 608 we had both the lufterhitzer and central heating with radiators?

[dirk Peeters]

no , no waterpies except for the washing rooms and lavabos , toilets ....
and no fixations for radiators at all

[dirk Peeters]

we have two SK1s and these two are the same
One has even a lot of piping (green color)for the water that is why we are sure
In the 608 in our town there we have radiators (central heating (color of the pipes is silver)

[der bunkermann]

Ok thanks Dirk,
By us the water pipe for the lufterhitzer was welded shut.
So the bunker was prepared for the lufterhitzer but it was never operational.

Gr, Tim

[dirk Peeters]

the heat is electrically heated in ou bunker ... no need for water

[dirk Peeters]

we are restoring the electricity in the whole bunker
we tried to follow the original ones , only the color which is green is a confessing about it
it is the law nowadays for museums and public places to use green wire ... all the other equipment is bakelite which can now bought (it is refabricated using original as patern ...

[dirk Peeters]

some others

[dirk Peeters]

original tiles are reused for the the general his room
of course we are reinstalling the water also we have e few weeks before the opening ....

Dirk

[dirk Peeters]

the last ones
Dirk

[jopaerya]

Hello Dirk and other SK 1 team members

Great workand looks great, last time I was there a lot was work was gooing one.

Regards Jos

[dirk Peeters]

it must be finished for the opening in march ... still a lot to do hahaha

[kstdk]

Hello Dirk

Nice work - and welcome to the progress of work made in the time of "winterclosing time" - we in Silkeborg are also in progress of making some new exhibitions and work on the bunkers

Regards
Kurt
kstdk