Moves to save town from collapsing into mine

Moves to save town from collapsing into mine - 2000 - Independent 30 September 2000, 13(1) .

Describes a £28m project which has been launched to prevent the Cheshire town of Northwich from collapsing into a 260ft mine. The potential calamity, which has had severe effects on the local property market, is the result of a long tradition of salt mining beneath the town.


NORTHWICH
SALT WORKINGS
PROPERTY VALUES
SUBSIDENCE