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The Cobalt Mine at Alderley Edge

A project to record The Cobalt mine at Alderley Edge between National Trust, The Derbyshire Caving Club & Christians

The team from Christians was supported with access and safety from Derbyshire Caving Club whilst using Laser Scanning, 360 Imagery, ROV (submarine) & Photogrammetry to record every little bit of detail throughout the mine.

More information can be found at

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/press-release/rare-time-capsule-cobalt-mine-abandoned-over-200-years-ago-is-discovered-in-cheshire

The Point Cloud

201 Scan Locations – over 9,600,000,000 individual points

The Entrance

Cobalt Mines Alderley Edge

The Drop

Cobalt Mines Alderley Edge

Going Down

Cobalt Mines Alderley Edge

Inside The Mine 1

Cobalt Mines Alderley Edge

Inside The Mine 2

Cobalt Mines Alderley Edge

Inside The Mine 3

Cobalt Mines Alderley Edge

The Survey

The Cobalt Mine at Alderley Edge