Current limestone minings in Odessa Catacombs at these days

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There is a great amount of minings still going on in Odessa Catacombs these days as limestone is very well accepted and purchased mterial on local markets.

As you may have thought correctly, mining is done with special equipment and machines without having to work much with hands as it used to be done before. Some of the photos of current minings you can view on these pages...

Extraction of limestone by stone cutting machine KMAZ-188



Operator of the limestone cutting machine at work



Even though machines make most of work, some hand work is still required...



Machines work all the time, but operators work in 8-hours shifts...



Because of limited space in mines, carrying of stone has to be done by hands



Very hard work of stone extracting machine operator



Workers are cleaning with shovels the remainings of limestone



Limestone cutting machine needs some time off as well

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Limestone cutting machine has been cooled down, and now is ready for work



Trolley of limestone ready to be taken outside of the mine



Small locomotive that pulls several trolleys full of limestone outside of the mine



Empty trolleys waiting to be loaded with extracted limestone



Trolleys from time to time need repairing and fixing too



Trolley is fully loaded with limestone waiting for the locomotive



Trolley is being loaded with limestone



Locomotive is finally taking trolleys full of limestone outside of the mine

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Underground mines after work of limestone cutting machine



Limestone that has not rectangular shape is taken out last from the mine



Trolley is getting loaded with limestone



Ventillation unit of deep underground mine



Perfectly cut limestone is waiting for it's extraction from the mine



When good quality limestone is located, stone cutting begins immediately



If rails cannot be installed, such trolleys are used to take limestone out

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Small locomotive operator at work ;)))



Trolleys have been discharged on the so called warehouse



Movement of locomotive with several trolleys full of limestone



Piled limestone is ready to be taken by trucks to the market



Limestone is taken to the market by such old ZIL trucks



Outside of the mine



Crane which is used to load big pieces of limestone into trucks

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