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RECENT articles in the Electrical Review disclose the steps which have been taken to overcome air-raid damage to the properties of electricity supply undertakings, and the measures taken to restore supply. Without giving away vital information to the enemy, it may be said that, of the very large number of bombs dropped during a period of twelve months, some have inevitably fallen on or near power stations. Thanks to the design of the modern power station and the special precautions taken against blast and fire, the actual damage has generally been superficial. One of the newest stations in Great Britain, for example, which received a direct hit on the boiler house roof, sustained no damage that a few bricklayers and concreters could not make good in a few weeks, and the plant itself was unscathed.
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AIR-RAID DAMAGE AND ELECTRICITY SUPPLY. Nature 149, 173–174 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149173b0
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