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Snowdown Colliery, Dover Kent, July 2012

silverainbow

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Have driven past here on many occasions but have always seen security lurking around so when I got a call from Space Invader saying he was gonna go take a look I though yeah why not, Lets go join Him, Explored With Space Invader, Obscurity and Storm :)

A bit of History about the place ;

Snowdown was the initiative of Arthur Burr's Foncage Syndicate in 1907, but it had early sinking problems, with 22 miners drowning when the first shaft was sunk. Snowdown was the deepest pit in Kent, reaching a depth of 3,083 feet (940 m). The colliery was served by the Faversham to Dover railway, and a halt(Snowdown and Nonington) was provided. In 1945 the workforce was 1,876, with 1,523 being employed sub-surface and 353 above. The colliery closed in 1986 and the shafts were capped in 1988

And my Pics, :)

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And a few of the Admin Building

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Was a good "mini explore" and luckily no security in sight any where (y)

 
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Only just spotted this mate..often wondered what it was like in there now from older reports ive seen,Know i know..Like the tree's in pic 2,good stuff mate

 

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Nice to see it's doable, sad to see it looking so derp though. A good report nonetheless (y)

There were applications being made by the australians to mine Kentish coal again recently, although as I'm aware nothing's come of it yet...

 

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Nice to see it's doable, sad to see it looking so derp though. A good report nonetheless (y) There were applications being made by the australians to mine Kentish coal again recently, although as I'm aware nothing's come of it yet...
Yes i did hear something along those lines aswell!

 
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