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Great Britain Snowdown Colliery 2014

jane doe

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Snowdown was the deepest colliery in Kent reaching well over 3,000 ft (915 metres). It was also the hottest and most humid pit in Kent and was given the name 'Dante's Inferno' by the miners. Regarded by many as the worst pit to work at in Britain, most Snowdown miners worked naked because clothes became too uncomfortable. The miners could consume around 24 pints (14 lires) of water in an 8-hour shift. There were frequent cases of heat stroke.

Snowdown closed in 1987

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Interesting place. Don't think I'd fancy spending every day underground with a load of naked sweaty men, I'm sure it would appeal to others though ?

 
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