Snowdown Colliery
Date: 1-9-2020
Location: Kent
It has been little more than 30 years since the last coal mine in Kent closed for good.But before then, mining was a significant industry in the county for a century. Its first shaft hit water at 260 ft and flooded - a problem many Kent coal shafts encountered in the early 20th century. Sadly 22 men drowned in the disaster. But in the following years there were fewer sinking issues and Snowdown became the first commercial pit in Kent in 1912.Around 800 tonnes of coal could be mined a week as a result
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