Title:
The mystery shaft in Somers Street, Lawson [blog article]
Author:
Call Number:
LS BLOG
Publication Information:
Springwood, N.S.W.: Blue Mountains Library,, 2017
Summary:
The structure in question is an open vertical shaft, some seven metres deep by two metres in diameter, cut into the top of the sandstone cliff at the end of Somers Street, Lawson. A domed, iron grill protects the top; the bottom of the shaft is accessible via a narrow tunnel about 0.7 m in diameter and 1.6 m from the base of the cliff. It has been dug by hand, as the pick marks show in a series of concentric cuts, each about the depth of a pick blade, so it predates mechanical excavation methods...
Format:
Digital Library
Language:
English
