England’s Underwater Cities – Plashetts
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"....Although a cartographic analysis will confirm that parts of what was formerly the village of Plashetts are submerged under Kielder Water, the true story is slightly more nuanced than folklore suggests. Plashetts was indeed once a thriving village with 500 residents and all the amenities you might expect of a classic village—place of worship, school and of course a village pub. Plashetts’s relatively short life began at the height of the mining industry in Victorian Britain when it was created to house workers of the nearby mine, quarry and brickworks. Its remote location in the rolling hills of Northumberland meant it could only be reached by rail. Plashetts railway station connected the village with Edinburgh to the South and Hexham to the North..." -
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Link: https://metalanddust.org/2016/06/18/englands-underwater-cities-plashetts/
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Added by: Peter Smith
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