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hppav · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:21 am Post subject: Hashima Island

Site Name: Hashima Island
AKA: Gunkanjima (Battleship) Island, Ghost Island
Country: Japan
Date Founded: 1887
Date Abandoned: 1974

This island was home to 5,000 people and was built to service an undersea coal mine. When petroleum replaced coal, Mitsubishi closed the mine and the island was abandoned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunkanjima
http://archibase.net/archinews/14101.html/
http://www.videosift.com/video/Abandoned-Japanese-Island
http://www.makingplaces.org/
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Wolf · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:49 pm Post subject:

hmmm, UE huh? wonder if I could get my brother to release a few of the "mission reports" from when I used to help him with UE stuff
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