The Stanwell Project » reservoirs http://stanwell.signalproject.com Our Green Mural and Moving Stories Documentary Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:45:37 +0000 en hourly 1 Floating London Decoy http://stanwell.signalproject.com/floating-london-decoy/ http://stanwell.signalproject.com/floating-london-decoy/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:47:28 +0000 Luke http://stanwell.signalproject.com/?p=775 During world war II the reservoirs next to Stanwell were used as a decoy for London. The water was lit up at night to confuse enemy bombers into thinking they were above central London. The officers kept the practice top secret right up until the end of the war.

When the reservoirs were eventually cleaned out, huge rusty unexploded bombs destined for London were found at the bottom.

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