Unidentified building at Abbotsinch

The_Historian · #1 (**permalink**) April 6th, 2008, 01:54 PM

I hope Otto will forgive the link to a rival (since I don't have the original pics), but someone on another of my haunts is trying to find out what this building is-
Unknown,Unrecorded Abbotsinch - SeSco

It looks to be a leftover from the FAA Abbotsinch airfield (Glasgow Airport), and that is a highly unusual baffle wall covering the entrance. Anyone got any ideas?

Martin Bull · #2 (**permalink**) April 6th, 2008, 03:16 PM

I'm just guessing out loud here, Gordon - so don't assume for a moment that I know what I'm talking about....

I haven't seen anything exactly like it, but the brick ( not concrete ) construction, with no windows but reasonable ventilation, plus earth-wiring....

Could it be a large pyrotechnic, or ammunition, store of some kind ? This could possibly be an explanation for the 'zig-zag' baffle - to break any blast from inside as well as out ?

Skipper · #3 (**permalink**) April 6th, 2008, 03:50 PM

I'm also guessing but the amno depot seems the most logical option here, there is some storage, some ventilation and obviously a path for heavier vehicles. I would understand it was logical to keep these storages away from the main airfield.

The_Historian · #4 (**permalink**) April 6th, 2008, 06:55 PM

Cheers chaps, those are sound and logical answers. I've never seen a radar installation with a wall like that, but I know an HAA site with a blast wall running the full length of the magazines.
I'll keep delving....