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There's some nice fake buildings in Edinburgh, Scotland There's a fake "house" at the end of my street. It's actually a telephone exchange: https://www.google.
by eggfriedrice 4y ago
There's some nice fake buildings in Edinburgh, Scotland
There's a fake "house" at the end of my street. It's actually a telephone exchange:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9050155,-3.2075701,3a,75y,104.71h,84.03t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sXG8NLuSJoRlFJRPh88QdWA!2e0!3e11!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9050155,-3.2075701,3a,75y,...
There's normally an Openreach van or two parked outside, which gives the game away, but driving past you wouldn't notice.
My favourite is Dewer Place sub-station, despite the fancy frontage it was purpose built in 1894 as a sub-station: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9465325,-3.2112386,3a,75y,60.95h,106.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTiPTPEmKmwBsKo22EH2usA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9465325,-3.2112386,3a,75y,...
I went on a tour round a few years ago and it was notable for using Gas Insulated Transformers, which are unusual outside of Japan if I remember rightly. There were amazingly strict planning regs that required the installation to be super quiet, so the building had a surprising amount of sound insulation.