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Hennocque limestone Quarry - 2015

Dmax

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I got an invite to go to France to see the Catacombs and this Quarry , as I don't drive I jumped at the chance

to see it. it was a good weekend everyone was friendly , in fact it seems the French under ground where much better

than those above it.

Anyway here's some info :)

The Hennocque limestone Quarry was started in the nineteenth century and was operated by three generations of the

Aubin-Hennocque family. Covering over 35 hectares, this site is huge.

The quarry was occupied by the German army during World War II and was going to be used to store V2 rockets but the

modifications where never completed. so the site was never a functional storage base for the rockets. The Nazis being

the nice sort of blokes that they were did make several improvements to the site , including the installation of

electricity, the construction of a headquarters and they added fortifications to the site.

Once the war ended, limestone extraction resumed, the site enjoyed the electrification and the various other

improvements the Germans made but this was short-lived because as the construction industry turned away from stone and

moved to using concrete the stone industry collapsed and many quarries had too close Hennocque being one of them.

on our way in a local told us not to go too deep into the Quarry because of a fire that had caused some carbon monoxide

to be released into the Quarry a few years back.

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Damn that's good stuff mate (y)

That giant chainsaw :eek:

 

Lara

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Oh i do like that. nice one :)

 

skeleton key

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Great shots there Danny and love the history of the evolving usage of the place.

I really wish I could have made this one as hear a bloody good time was had.

Cool share there mate and good to see (y)

:comp

 

Dmax

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thank for the comments guys , yeah it was a bloody good grin mate for sure :)

 

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nice pics of the quarry danny ,just a quick point you do know the last shot is in the GRS mate

 

Dmax

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opps got me pics mixed up lol

fixed it :)

thanks dude :)

 

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Looks proper nice this mate, great pics (y)

 
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