Snowdown, Kent, England circa December 1976.  Snowdown Colliery, two coal miners take a shower after a shift underground at the coal face.  Snowdown was the deepest and hottest colliery in the entire Kent coalfield and was known as Dante’s Inferno, it finally closed down in 1987.
Coal Mining Kent Uk 1970s
Snowdown, Kent, England circa December 1976. Snowdown Colliery, two coal miners take a shower after a shift underground at the coal face. Snowdown was the deepest and hottest colliery in the entire Kent coalfield and was known as Dante’s Inferno, it finally closed down in 1987.

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Date: 19 Feb 2013
Location: Aylesham Kent GBR
Credit: HOMER SYKES
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