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Very nice! Wallpaper, please!!!
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How deep is it? Did it not have a shallow end?
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Can you say EBAY!?
Just kidding guys, BUT I did see an Iron Lung on there once
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To Lynne:

Kinda like Forrest Gump
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Wouldn't want a hand mangled in that
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Yeah, Ozzy. looks like an old dust mask.
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Those are probably remnants of dust masks worn by miners to keep coal dust out of their lungs. Most still got coal and rock dust in their lungs and developed what is known as black lung.
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In the US everything would be torn down and the area reclamed or returned to nature if the mine was permenently closed.
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The lamp room is where the battery lights the the miners wear to see in the darkness of the mine are charged.
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I live in a coal producing area in the US. That big Wheel would be over one of the shafts to operate the cage (elevator) for hoisting men and material down into and out of the mine, or the Skip shaft for hoisting coal out of the mine. One shaft would be for ventilation, with a big fan to pull air into the mine through the cage shaft.
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Motts, you're the best!
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ah, yes my future "cottage" in the country!
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Well, a new floor would be in order
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Gods, I would LOVE to buy and renovate it!
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i agree with everyone else, a book would be stupendous!!