Black Beck, Cumbria

The Florence Mine in May 2013

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The mine is flooded and not being drained. Sellafield's use of the mine drainage water has come to an end and tipped the balance of economic survival for this last relic of local iron mining. Will it return as a source of high quality haematite?

Uploaded to Geograph by Keith Burns on 9 May 2013

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