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A bit of the History:
Kellingley Colliery was the last working deep coal mine in Britain. Located just over a mile east of Knottingley, West Yorkshire, the mine was established in April, 1965 and was functional up until its closure in december, 2015.
The Colliery provided coal to local power stations and housecoal-quality coal from the two 800m deep shafts. The sinking of these two shafts began in 1960. Because of the porous geology, boreholes had to be drilled around each of the shafts and pumped with sub-zero temperature brine to freeze the water-logged ground down to around 200 meters. One the shafts had been lined with with a concrete seal, the brine was stopped and the ground was allowed to thaw.
The Colliery provided coal to local power stations and housecoal-quality coal from the two 800m deep shafts. The sinking of these two shafts began in 1960. Because of the porous geology, boreholes had to be drilled around each of the shafts and pumped with sub-zero temperature brine to freeze the water-logged ground down to around 200 meters. One the shafts had been lined with with a concrete seal, the brine was stopped and the ground was allowed to thaw.
During planning and building the surface infrastructure for the new colliery, employment of 3,000 mine workers was expected at completion. Because of updated methods and machinery, only about 2,000 men were employed there at any one time.
The Explore:
So after @Hydro basically made this place his second home, and it practically being on our doorstep, we had a fair few visits to this location. It became more of a place to go chill out for a few hours and relax than a normal explore. Despite visiting here 6 or 7 times I haven't many images to show for it but its definitely a favorite!
Explored with @Hydro and a few none members.
Couldn't resist the chance for a couple selfies here:
If you got this far then cheers for looking!! 
