CME Expedition 2

Location: Skien, Norway
Members: 001, 002.
Type: Shelter
Status: Active / In Use.

On my way to check out another of Skien's shelters, I picked up Caveman 002, who came along for the ride. As usual, location is need to know info. This one appears to have been decomissioned at some point in time, although it is still in use. Rumor has it that the shelter was sold to a pistol club for use as a shooting range, but I haven't been able to confirm this. Whoever took over, rebuilt the entrance, putting an outer casing on the original door, and the signs identifying this as a shelter have been removed. I still remember these from back when I was a young Caveboy. Looking into what likely seems to be the emergency exit, there haven't been any changes for at least the last 20 years. This could indicate that whoever took over only utilised a portion of the complex. By a stroke of luck, both Caveman 004 and I have been inside a tiny section of this shelter. But, first things first...

Rebuilt Entrance

No Parking

Hatch Above Entrance

 I mentioned that Caveman 004 and I both have been inside. Back in the day when we were just cavechildren, we played alot around in this area. The local fire department used to run fire drills, evacuation drills or whatever down here and one time they happened to forget locking this hatch. We were quite exited to enter. Once inside we fumbled around on our hands and knees in the darkness for a while, right up until we turned our heads to the ceiling and noticed spiders the size of bulldogs! Thinking back now, they probably weren't all that big, but at the time they seemed huge and they were all over! Anyway..we got out in a hell of a hurry! It's a damn shame though, would love to see the inside of that hatch again, who knows..it might have been intended as a secondary escape route, and would thus have provided a way in.  

Possibly The Emergency Exit?

Water Tanks?

Taking a look through the mesh wire, covering what I presume is the emergency exit, reveals that tunnels run further into the darkness, and storage of what looks like watertanks covered in plastic.

Ventilation System?

Just outside this shelter we find this air intake/exhaust? It might be connected to the shelter in one way or another. There is also the possibility that it is connected to the sewer systems that run underneath the area, seeing as there is a sewage treatment facility close by. Taking a closer look reveals mesh wire on the inside of the tube. Have seen this been used on bunkers to prevent grenades from being dropped into the air intake, but i'm just speculating here.. This shelter holds sort of a special place for me, since I spent most of my childhood living in the area, speculating about how large of a shelter we might be talking about here..

-Caveman 001-