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german underground tank factory richards quarry

Discussion in 'Information Requests' started by uncle kevin, Nov 12, 2008.

  1. uncle kevin

    uncle kevin Member

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    hello i have recently watched a documentery on richard quarry underground tank factory in chekoslavakia sorry if the spelling is wrong it looks very interesting some parts of it have not been ventured in 50 years if the rumour is true

    does anyone know any more about it or have anyone been there



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  2. Lorarius

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    have a look here.....
    RICHARD - nacistická podzemí továrna

    btw......it wasn't tank production, just tank engines....maybach HL-230....60.000m² planed, 2.000m² finished and production was ready to begin
    in richard 2 (which is connected to richard 1) was Osram, 15.000m², some rooms ready, but never started production

    about 18.000 forced workers, about 4.300 dead, own crematory for that project

    nowadays....don't go there....tchech gouverment uses the old mine to storage ridioactive waste
     
  3. uncle kevin

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    wow i didnt know that they stored waste there are there many un explored areas there

    that link would be great if i new chek is there an english site
     
  4. Lorarius

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  5. uncle kevin

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    thanx for the info i wish i was there in europe as it has so much more history than boring australia
     
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    if the government put radioactive waste down there how did the discovery channel get in ?
     
  7. uncle kevin

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    i beleive that the areas of richard that have not been opened need to be opened at any cost as you never know what the Germans could have stashed there
     
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    Hi i couldnt miss ur interrest about RICHARD even ur chat is from last year.Just have to ask if u by any chance have any picture documentation or this palce whaich is not taken from richard1.com?I belive that pictures can come from the lastet place u would expect u know what i mean?I was in RICHARD 1 last week its massive but it wil be gone compleetly in couple of years
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  10. uncle kevin

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    mate if you were there last week then throw up some pics as i have not seen anything from recent.......have any of the areas been opened lately
     
  11. GolemMC

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    Hi, I am from Czech Republic and I was born in Litomerice. Its town where RICHARD is located. I shooted short documentary about it two weeks ago. You can watch it on my webpages, its without subtitles now. I will add it soon. There is still part of underground labyrinth which no one seen for 65 years. Some people belive that there can be lot of things.... :). Please wait for video to be downloaded link to it is here::D
    http://www.jankundera.com/VIDEO/VIDEA.html
     
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    thanks very much for posting video tour, appreciated..
     
  13. Spartanroller

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    Great video tour - It's such a shame that the place couldn't become a museum of that period - maybe a small part that is safe enough to start with to help fund protecting the rest.

    Thanks
     
  14. GolemMC

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    Small part of it is repaired and used for radioactive waste. I would like to send you one more link web page about factory was updated short time ago and there is virtual photo tour there. Guy i interviewed in my video is author of that web page and photo tour.
    link: http://www.podzemi.eu/fotografie/VR/image6621.htm
     
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    thanks golem, thats an impressive tour, I've only spent a short time viewing, but with the map progress red dot, it's very informative link, many thanks..ray.
     

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