Hohlgangsanlage 1 - The Tunnels

The Tunnels

Storage Tunnels Tunnels used only for storage

  • Ho1 - Munitions store - West side of La Route d'Aleval - Incomplete but used, recently used as a mushroom farm
  • Ho2 – Ration store – East side of La Route d'Aleval - Incomplete
  • Ho3 – Munitions store - Planning stage only.
  • Ho4 - Munitions store - West side of Grand Vaux Valley - Incomplete but used (now used by Jersey Water for storage).
  • Ho5 – Fuel store - St. Aubin, Railway Walk - Complete, but used for munitions, now in use by the states.
  • Ho6 - Personnel shelter – L'Aleval, exact location unknown - Unknown if ever got past exploratory stage
  • Ho7 – Artillery reserves – Cap Verd - Exploratory work only (rear entrance to Ho8 is also here)
  • Ho8 - Artillery quarters - St Peter's Valley & Cap Verd - Incomplete but converted to hospital, and now a visitor attraction
  • Ho9 - Electricity works – Bellozanne Valley - Planning stage only
  • Ho10 - Ration store – Grands Vaux, between Mont Neron and Ruisseaux - Incomplete
  • Ho11 - Personnel shelter - Planning stage only
  • Ho12 - Fuel store – La Commune - Exploratory work only.
  • Ho13 - Munition store - East side Beaumont Valley – Incomplete.
  • Ho14 - Fuel store – Planning stage only.
  • Ho15 - Store - West side of Beaumont Valley - Incomplete
  • Ho16 – Personnel Shelter - West side of Beaumont Valley at road level – Incomplete, abandoned (not known if still in existence).
  • Ho17 - Unknown - Unknown.
  • Ho18 - Hospital - Westmount, disued mine/civilian air raid shelter - Planning Stage Only.
  • Ho19 - Electricity works – first entrance from town La Folie, St Helier - Incomplete, used by States.
  • Ho20 - Tunnel- Mount Bingham - Incomplete
  • Ho21 - Stores - Jubilee Hill - Planning Stage
  • Ho22 - Stores - Rozel Valley - Planning Stage
  • Ho23 - Personnel Shelter - Grouville Marsh - Planning Stage
  • Ho24/25 - Greve de Lecq Valley/St. Ouen - Planning Stage

Railway Tunnels Tunnels designed only for use as railway tunnels

  • Eastern Railway Connecting tunnel - 2nd entrance at La Folie under Mt. Bingham - Incomplete, in use by JEC

Fortified Tunnels Either stand alone or as part of emplacements

  • Ho Etaquerel - Casemate complex - L'Etacq, St. Ouen - Completed
  • Ho Mole Verclut - Casemate complex - Verclut Point (Gibraltar Rock) - Completed now in use by Jersey Turbot
  • Stützpunkt Doktorhaus - Personnel Bunker with Machine Gun post - Mont Matthieu St. Ouen - Completed
  • Stützpunkt Corbiere - Communications tunnel between bunkers - La Corbiere - Completed, bunkers open to the public by CIOS
  • Batterie Derfflinger - Gun battery with accommodation - Le Mont de la Rocque, St. Brelade - completed
  • Batterie Seydlitz - Gun battery with accommodation - Le Mont du Coin, St Brelade
  • Batterie Moltke - Gun battery with tunnel system - Les Landes Common, St Ouen - completed, open to public by CIOS
  • Batterie Schliefen - Small wood lined tunnel - Verclut, Grouville - lost

Associated with tunnels Infrastructure used to support tunnels

  • Stream Culvert (not a V1 launch ramp!)- Beaumont Valley (used to protect stream from planned dumping of rubble)- intact visible from road
  • Stone Crusher - L'Aleval, between Ho2 entrances - ruins
  • Power Station - St Peter's Valley, Tesson Mill area - Main building and reservoir can be seen from road
  • Queens Road Power Station - Queens Road - Used to supply electricity to the whole Island including tunnels (tunnels would also have backup generators)

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