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Sandwich Road, DOVER, CT15 4FA

Snowdown was the deepest of the four main pits in the Kent Coalfield, - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Coalfield , reaching a depth of 3,083 feet. Work commenced in 1908, and coal was first brought to the surface on November 19th 1912. The first shaft sunk hit water at 260 feet and 22 men were drowned. The colliery was served by the Faversham to Dover railway, and a halt called Snowdown & Nonington was provided. The new town of Aylesham was built just to the north of the colliery to provide homes for the many migrant workers from Wales and the north-east of England. In 1945 the workforce was 1,876, with 1,523 being employed sub-surface and 353 above. The colliery closed in 1986 and the shafts were capped in 1988. Just on the other side of the station from the former colliery was Snowdown Working Men's Club. Like so much else in this immediate area it has seen better days. Update:- by 2020 it had gone and been replaced by new houses but the old colliery across the road was still there - see www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3413529

This is Image as it appeared almost two years ago.

Situated on the corner of an unclassified road, to its left, and Aylesham Road, it is being reallocated to Burgess Road, Aylesham.

Planning permission has been granted by Dover District Council under application number DOV/13/01037 for the “demolition of existing clubhouse and dwelling and the erection of 8 dwellings (four pairs of semi-detached dwellings), construction of vehicular access, associated parking and landscaping”. The clubhouse could be seen, in this view of October 2013, when Image In the distance, Network Rail had erected traffic lights to control traffic using the bridge over the railway. This was Image after completion.

Compared with the view showing the Image, almost all traces of the demolition equipment have been removed, leaving a clearer view of houses in South Avenue.

Not working; like the mine across the road.