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Underground (Miscellaneous: Tunnels, Roads, Bunkers Etc.)

The bizarre underground ‘car graveyard’ in a secret location in Wales
200 feet under the Ceredigion countryside lies an extraordinary ‘mountain’ of 1970s and 1980s cars.
By Michael Moran
Last updated: 22 February 2016, 12:16 GMT

If you’re looking for some hard-to-find spares for your classic 70s car, the best place to search might be 200 feet down an abandoned slate mine in Wales.
The mine, which closed in 1960, is home to an extraordinary ‘mountain’ of up to a hundred cars which seem to have been driven to a concealed entrance and then pushed into the dark cave below.
A small group of urban explorers knows the precise location of the mine, but it’s being kept secret for now.
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http://home.bt.com/news/odd-news/th...-in-wales-11364041808301#.VssNtdmk0LQ.twitter
 
:eek: I know that several decades have passed since the 70's and 80's, but it's not that long ago. Surely someone at the time would have thought "hold on, maybe this isn't the best idea we've ever had"?
 
Cornwall's mining history may belong in the past, but it refuses to stay there!
Road closed after mineshaft opens in St Day street
By wbchris | Posted: March 09, 2016
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A ROAD has been closed in St Day after a mine shaft opened up in the street.
The hole appeared at the top of Telegraph Street and was first noticed this morning.

Devon and Cornwall Police and Cornwall Highways have since been informed and the road shut off to traffic.
The hole has attracted many curious glances from passers-by.

http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Road-cl...Day-street/story-28890711-detail/story.html#1

St Day is in an area that was heavily mined.
 
VIDEO: What lies beneath? Mystery hole complete with steps appears in couple’s front garden – and nobody knows what it is

A deep hole complete with rusty steps leading down into the darkness has suddenly appeared on a front lawn – and the reason for it is a complete mystery.

The hole, which measures around two feet by two feet, appeared when Emma James was mowing the lawn at her home in Kynaston Avenue, Stoke Mandeville.

http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/m...body-knows-what-it-is-1-7261692#ixzz42UeGZE78

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Apparently it's a drain.
 
I'm looking for a copy of this little book, looks really interesting, it's one of those ones you won't find unless you keep checking online regularly I think, both amazon.com and UK are currently sold out.

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Scorrier house patio falls into 100m-deep mine shaft
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A 100m (300ft)-deep mine shaft has opened up under the patio of a Cornwall house.
The shaft at Scorrier was discovered when surveyors were checking the site for the sale of the house.

Drone footage shows the depth of the shaft, which is among a number found recently in the area.
It is thought to be an 18th Century remnant of a tin mine and will be recapped with concrete.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35800866
 
Porn movie set?
 
A mysterious tunnel has been discovered beneath the British-built former Indian parliament building.

The building dates back to 1911, when the Delhi became the capital of British India.

But what was the tunnel for? There has been all sorts of macabre speculation about its real purpose.

The BBC's South Asia Correspondent, Justin Rowlatt, has been digging into this bizarre colonial legacy.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35894123

Vid at link
 
It's probably an escape tunnel, built for use in a scenario where the building would be under attack.
 
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Mining investigator warns of underground "ticking timebomb" in Camborne and Redruth area
By wbchris | Posted: April 08, 2016

MINESHAFTS as deep as San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge is long are opening up all over the Camborne and Redruth area, according to experts, and could lead to some roads being closed to traffic.

Stuart Dann and his business partner Tom Thomson run Portreath-based Mining Eye Ltd and are employed by mortgage lenders, developers and utility companies to carry out mining searches and investigations to assess the risk of mining subsidence.

Mr Dann, a former teacher, says holes in Scorrier and St Day which have recently made the local news are nothing compared to some of the other shafts he has inspected in the area – which go down literally for miles.
"Things are definitely moving down there," he said.
"Certain parts of Cornwall are particularly problematic, and recently things appear to be more on the move than usual.
"There's also an ongoing problem in the former mining area and the ground radar results are frightening. I think Cormac will eventually be advising people not to park their cars on or drive over certain bits of the road.

"I was up at a former mine near Scorrier and one of the deepest shafts I've seen has opened up.
"I think we're getting to a point where the original timber baulks used to cap the shafts are coming to the end of their lives and we're going to see more of this.
"When we have a lot of rain, and then things dry out, the stuff above loses its integrity and the timbers fail. It's all very interesting and exciting."

Most of the shafts having been capped at around the same time – between 1865 and 1870 – the timber used would rot to a similar timescale, he said, perhaps explaining the series of shafts opening up in the area at the moment.
"The timbers are backfilled above the shaft and the backfill is turning into a weight that eventually drops through the rotting timber, opening up the shaft," he said.

A trip down a mine near Chacewater revealed a depth greater than the height of the Tamar Bridge's pillars, Mr Dann said, and he had uncovered some fascinating artefacts at these extraordinary depths: "Abseiling down is physically exhausting, but we've found all sorts including footprints and mining apparatus such as wheelbarrows that had been left abandoned once mines shut."

Mr Dann, who has 60,000 detailed images of local maps and plans, says his business is at its busiest since it started three years ago.
Though its findings were spectacular, Mining Eye Ltd had identified some real problem areas around Camborne, Redruth and the surrounding villages, he said.
"There are so many local houses built on massive mine shafts. We've heard of landlords buying homes at auction for knock-down prices which they're aware have shafts underneath, and then totally neglecting their duty of care and renting them out regardless.
"My teaching background makes me want to communicate this ticking time bomb – and we really are dealing with holes with the depth of the Grand Canyon and even the length of the Golden Gate Bridge."

Tony Bennett, a mining engineer at Redruth firm Cornwall Consultants, agreed: "Holes have been opening up around the area for years and there's always the possibility that more could open at any time.
"Reasons can be the rotting of timber framing which causes the mine to collapse, a heavy load passing over the top or possibly the weather."

http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Local-m...g-timebomb/story-29075024-detail/story.html#1
 
rynner2 said:
Tony Bennett!
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All the talk about San Francisco seems to have come from the others, though.

Meanwhile beware of holes opening when heavy loads pass over the top of a shaft! :rolleyes:

I would like to feel the article was prompted by a concern for the safety of the public but the illustrations of well-known mines seem chosen to alarm. Like a lot of local news these days, it boils down to an advertorial for the companies mentioned.
 
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Orvieto, Italy
Orvieto Underground
This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

Orvieto is a beautiful medieval city that sits on the flat summit of a volcanic bluff, a location that was inhabited in ancient times by the Etruscans. That Etruscan settlement — which has traditionally been thought to be the city of Velzna, although that has come into question in recent years — was perfectly situated to withstand sieges, but for one small detail: their water source was located outside of the city, on the plains below the bluff. So they sunk wells down into their impregnable perch and built chambers with cisterns to collect and channel rainwater, thus starting the subterranean construction projects that would continue for the next 2,500 years.
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http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/orvieto-underground?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
 
Droffats said:
Although it's not underground I found this for another forum and wondered what you all think. It's meant to be a mothballed regional fire control centre but looks like it's a bit overspecced for that.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Willow Farm Business Park/@52.8551313,-1.3371374,172m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xe0548aedf2927be9

Spooky perhaps?
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It looks like a business park on the outskirts of Castle Donington. Or is that just what we're supposed to think?
 
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