 |
|
|
UER Store
|
|
sweet UER decals:
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
Location DB >
Finland >
Western Finland >
Särkisalo >
Limestone Mine of Kaukosalo
|
|
Limestone Mine of Kaukosalo
|
|
|
Log in to activate viewing options
|
|
|
 |
Publically Viewable |
|
This location has been labeled by its creator as Public, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
|
|
|
|
|
|
And old mine shaft well-hidden in the middle of a forest, in the bottom of an old open pit. The buildings next to the mine were demolished some ten years ago, and only remaining structure in addition to the shaft is a concrete platform in the edge of the quarry and some bricks remaining from the buildings that once stood there. Parts of the forest above the tunnels are fenced because of danger of collapsing.
|
|
|
Type: Tunnel
Status: Abandoned
Accessibility: Difficult
Recommendation: not very exciting
|
|
|
Address
Särkisalo, Western Finland
Finland
Owner:
|
|
|
|
|
The impracticality of having an underground mine in such place.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
diving equipment for hard-core explorers
|
|
|
When talking about limestone quarrying in Särkisalo, people usually mention only the large, still operating limestone mine of Karl Forsström Oy in Förby. Not many know about the closed smaller mines, Kaukosalo, Pettu and Niksaari. Though the latter ones were only small open quarries that nowadays resemble artificial lakes, there was a real, albeit small, underground mine in Kaukosalo.
Though people had known about the limestone deposit in Kaukosalo for centuries, and quarried it from open pits, the actual mining began in 1927 by J.G. Glantz, when his company bought a petroleum-propelled mine winch and opened an underground mine. A.E. Nikander bought the mine with the limestone brick factory of Tvärminne in 1934 and continued mining until 1939. The mine was re-opened after the war in 1948, and limestone was quarried for some ten years, though only occasionally. Karl Forsström Oy bought the deposit in 1960, but never continued mining. The old shaft, 64 meters deep, slowly got filled with water.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
This location has not yet been rated by a moderator.
|
|
This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 12/20/2016 5:34 PM.
|
|
|
on Dec 20 16 at 17:34, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Dec 20 16 at 17:34, Emperor Wang changed the following: Display Name
on Aug 3 11 at 13:16, Opheliaism validated this location
on Aug 2 11 at 3:05, Tupsumato made this location public
on Aug 2 11 at 3:05, Tupsumato made this location private
on Nov 15 07 at 5:40, Mutt validated this location
on Nov 2 07 at 9:29, Tupsumato made this location available
on Nov 2 07 at 9:29, Tupsumato updated gallery 2004
on Nov 2 07 at 9:28, Tupsumato updated gallery picture 07.jpg
on Nov 2 07 at 9:28, Tupsumato updated gallery picture 06.jpg
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Is this location inappropriate / broken / missing key info?
If it's something you can fix, please scroll up and click the EDIT button.
If this location was only posted a few days ago, give the creator time to work on it.
Please try sending a message directly to the creator of the location. You'll find that info at the top of this page.
Otherwise, ONLY if you've already tried to contact the original creator,: Click here to notify an administrator.
|
|
|
|
All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire.
To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site:
UER CONTACT
View Terms of Service |
View Privacy Policy |
Server colocation provided by Beanfield
This page was generated for you in 156 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 739091690 pages have been generated.
|
|
Name
Viewing Options
Database Info
Viewability
Overview
Description
Basic Information
Physical Information
Hazards
Interesting Features
Security Measures
Historical Dates
Required Equipment
Recommended Equipment
History
Media Coverage
Future Plans
Stories
Web Links
Contribute
Moderator Rating
Validation
Latest Changes
Who's been looking?
Report Problems