This was one of the only rooms in the bunker, a strange hollowed out space, which was also the most northerly
part of the tunnels. The Optical Factory alteration plans called it a Sick Bay. Possible - but it could’ve
also been the Canteen, which was supposed to be located to the east of the tunnels, but was never built.
Offkilter had also joined our party, interested to see both the tunnels and
Cane Hill hospital again. He also
explored Cane Hill the
same dank, dark December day I had the previous year (I missed him to travel on
down to the
CRX, and also missed him getting attacked by an owl in the hospital itself!)
The roof is also concreted - this was an alteration required by
Optical Factory.
From the optical factory literature: "The chamber at the North end of the first transverse tunnel
is 30 feet long, 10 feet wide and 10 feet high. The large polishing machine, capable of dealing with mirrors up to 80 inches diameter, is situated
in this chamber".
