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Mouth of Ramsgate railway tunnel. This is almost 1 mile long and was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway in 1863. In 1938, Ramsgate Borough Council decided to provide a network of 2.5 miles of Deep Shelter Air Raid Precaution tunnels linked to the by-now disused railway tunnel. 22 entrances to the shelter were provided throughout the town and the whole system was opened on the 1st June 1939. In total, 60,000 people could be accommodated. For sources see
http://www.ramsgatetown.org/history/landmarks-monuments/tunnels.aspx http://thanetunderground.blogspot.co.uk/2006/05/ramsgate-air-raid-tunnels-railway.html
and http://www.ramsgatetunnels.org/ '