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JMB
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14 years ago

BBC News has this report

31 May 2011 Last updated at 14:49

Rubislaw Quarry in Aberdeen could become diving centre

The owners of one of Europe's largest man-made holes are considering opening it as Scotland's first commercial deep-water inland diving centre.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-13597186

Martin Briscoe
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grahami
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14 years ago

Hope they keep a de-compression chamber handy - they could do with one at Dorothea!

Grahami

The map is the territory - especially in chain scale.

JMB
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14 years ago

Would thought no shortage of those in Aberdeen.

BBC1's Crimewatch special last night showed the police North West Underwater Search Team working in Dorothea. They were checking for stolen cars that had been dumped there, using a remote camera.

Martin Briscoe
Fort William

Teigl
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14 years ago

Yes, there's a hyperbaric unit on Ashgrove road, about a mile away. I'm surprised at the depth of the quarry quoted in the report, since when they demolished half the town centre in the 80's to build the two dismal shopping malls, they tipped it all back in the hole! 🙂

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