⛏️ Mining Adits of the World

9 adits · 3 countries · mine level tunnel

These are notable adits — the nearly horizontal tunnels driven into a hillside to reach a lode or drain water from a mine without shafts, from the great drainage levels of Derbyshire and Cornwall and the soughs of the Peak to the water-adits of the Harz and Alpine mining country. Each profile shows where the adit enters, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

9 adits from 3 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any adit for its full profile.

Americas (2) Europe (7)