Visited recently with kid_in_a_toyshop and a couple of others who aren't on here.
I won't go through the history of the place as it's been done before and
I'm afraid my pics really can't convey just how epic this place is, how vast some of the chambers are and how bloody steep the steps and inclines underground are!
Icicles just inside the entrance
Junk and Land Rover parts.
Remains of an engine house.
Tunnel
Remains of another winding house
Looking down the incline
Further down, looking down and a level going off to the right
A rubbish wagon upended and trapped, false floor leading to another level to the right
Ancient enamel sign warning of maximum load for a bridge across a chamber
This is the bridge. Not sure it would take any weight now
Hopefully this shot will convey just how huge the chambers are. The staircase ismade of slate slabs held on iron spikes driven into the rock face.
A tunnel between levels so men did not have to use the incline to reach their work
Bridge of mild peril
Another branch going to another level off the incline
Even further down the incline
And a completely impassable bridge
Rubbish wagons abandoned on the lowest accessible level. There is one more level but it's obviously flooded.
Lowest level chamber
Looking up from the foot of the incline. Most of it was at about 1 in 1 but this part was even steeper and it was a crawl on all fours to get back up!
I won't go through the history of the place as it's been done before and
I'm afraid my pics really can't convey just how epic this place is, how vast some of the chambers are and how bloody steep the steps and inclines underground are!
Icicles just inside the entrance
Junk and Land Rover parts.
Remains of an engine house.
Tunnel
Remains of another winding house
Looking down the incline
Further down, looking down and a level going off to the right
A rubbish wagon upended and trapped, false floor leading to another level to the right
Ancient enamel sign warning of maximum load for a bridge across a chamber
This is the bridge. Not sure it would take any weight now
Hopefully this shot will convey just how huge the chambers are. The staircase ismade of slate slabs held on iron spikes driven into the rock face.
A tunnel between levels so men did not have to use the incline to reach their work
Bridge of mild peril
Another branch going to another level off the incline
Even further down the incline
And a completely impassable bridge
Rubbish wagons abandoned on the lowest accessible level. There is one more level but it's obviously flooded.
Lowest level chamber
Looking up from the foot of the incline. Most of it was at about 1 in 1 but this part was even steeper and it was a crawl on all fours to get back up!
