# What are these buildings for?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 8, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-buildings-for/754339 "2016-05-08T21:29:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-buildings-for/754339/41 "2016-05-11T22:36:58Z")

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Can you tell us what road it’s on and how far from another crossroad so we can Google map view it?

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-buildings-for/754339/42 "2016-05-11T22:46:37Z")

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Is it on Ash Branch Rd, Harry Hagan Drive, Camelia Drive, Mason Road, or GA Rte 67? Is is north or south of Sims Road, inside or outside Pembroke city limit?

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-buildings-for/754339/43 "2016-05-12T01:47:17Z")

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Corpse stacking.

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**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-buildings-for/754339/44 "2016-05-12T02:02:19Z")

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Where’s the OP … just get a double-bit axe and help us fight ignorance.

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**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-buildings-for/754339/45 "2016-05-12T03:57:12Z")

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> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#):
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> Cite(s), please!
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> (Not because I disbelieve you – I just think it’d be neat to see pictures of some of these.)

I remember seeing this on some History Channel program years ago. But Google Images shows an awful lot of similar photos, so maybe they aren’t that common.

[New York City Tunnel Ventilation Fake Houses](https://www.google.com/search?q=new+york+tunnel+ventilation+shaft+houses&client=safari&rls=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0h5qqz9PMAhUJJR4KHZ-7DKkQsAQIJA&biw=1324&bih=1253#tbm=isch&q=new+york+city+tunnel+ventilation+fake+house&imgrc=_)

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