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tongueplough
tongueplough is from England (South West). He has been a member of the site since May 2009.
He is interested in quarries, mines, caves, drains, tunnels, derelict building, potholing, asylums and pillboxes.

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of cousre you wont get a tour they are going to use this in 2012 when all... [read] 
 
idiots. third floor is cemented off. so evidently your friend did not fall... [read] 
 
Very Interesting, as I worked at Wood Norton in the 60\'s. [read] 
 
where would the pm go now? [read] 
 
A bit of history ? :- The quarry (mine)and the surrounding 4 acres of... [read] 
 

Featured venue: Spring Quarry
A large stone quarry which was converted by the air ministry during WWII, the quarry housed the world's largest underground factory. Later it became Royal Navy stores and part of...
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Northern Stormwater Interceptor
Bristol's Northern Stormwater Interceptor, nicknamed 'The Motherload' by drainers, is a massive stormwater drain which acts as a flood prevention measure for Bristol, completed in the mid 90s. [more]
Sands Quarry
Sands is a fairly small quarry connecting to the Southern end of Spring Quarry, it is only about 4.6 square miles. Sands is used as an emergency exit. Refelctive metal check points guide the way from the Spring Quarry emergency exit to surface slope shaft of Sands Quarry lit only be a torch light. [more]
Ridge Quarry
Originally quarried for Bath stone up until 1914, it was later put in to use by the War Department as a sub-depot of the Central Ammunitions Depot Corsham. [more]
Eastlays Quarry
Eastlays Quarry has been used since 1988 for secure, controlled wine storage. Handling over four million cases of wine a year, Octavian has the capacity at the Eastlay cellars to store over 800,000 cases in ideal conditions, 90 feet underground, constant year round temperatures, absence of ultra violet light, no vibration and full humidity control. [more]

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Latest questionHi! I read on a BBC Website that that Steve Higgins gained access to Box quarry between two huge bath stone boulders. Does anyone know where this is?
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Sun 21 Jun 2009 21:43

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