De Beers diamond vaults

Faris23

Hello I was reading a very interesting artical about the relocation of the De Beers diamond headquarters in London. and In a couple of photos they show one of the vault doors I found to be way more impressive than my Kaso Centennial that I own.😃: Does anyone know who made these vaults and maybe have any literature on the history. I was able to crop just the vault door.

safeman

Faris23 wrote
Hello I was reading a very interesting artical about the relocation of the De Beers diamond headquarters in London. and In a couple of photos they show one of the vault doors I found to be way more impressive than my Kaso Centennial that I own.😃: Does anyone know who made these vaults and maybe have any literature on the history. I was able to crop just the vault door.

The door you picture looks like it could be a John Tann 10″ ATD quality (anti-thermic). There were also vaults on the upper levels by Chatwood as described below.

The levels of security in this building and the extension across Charterhouse Street were quite outstanding. There were very heavy manned gates on the extension for the admission of armoured trucks and the building itself linked by a covered bridge to the first floor level to the main offices across the street.

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Tom Gordon

safeman wrote
The door you picture looks like it could be a John Tann 10″ ATD quality (anti-thermic). There were also vaults on the upper levels by Chatwood as described below.

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The levels of security in this building and the extension across Charterhouse Street were quite outstanding. There were very heavy manned gates on the extension for the admission of armoured trucks and the building itself linked by a covered bridge to the first floor level to the main offices across the street.

I did get some bits from that demolition but sadly the stone frieze across the front of the building (which would have looked good on my house) had to become just rubble when they fell behind schedule. I kicked myself afterwards for turning down the ornate bronze external lights, but I did get some bits of Chatwood, although nothing unique.

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