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ROCCAMORICE |
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Pg. 19 |
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Pg. 1 (history / photos)
Pg. 2 (Santo Spirito)
Pg. 3 (Santo Spirito)
Pg. 4 (San Bartolomeo)
Pg. 5 (festa)
Pg. 6 (photos)
Pg. 7 (photos)
Pg. 8 (the old ways)
Pg. 9 (the old ways)
Pg. 10 ("Lu Sand'Andune")
Pg.11 (La Rocca's Sand'Andune)
Pg.12 (Don Donato Bianco)
Pg. 13 (San Donato Church)
Pg. 14 (people / places)
Pg. 15 (people / places) |
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Pg. 16 (people / places)
Pg. 17 (places to stay / eat)
Pg.18 (Asphalt Mines)
Pg.19 (Asphalt Mines)
Pg. 20 (Old Asphalt Mines)
Pg. 21 (Old Asphalt Mines)
Pg. 22 (Old Asphalt Mines)
Pg. 23 (Churches)
Pg. 24 (Churches)
Pg. 25 (people / places)
Pg. 26 (people / places)
Pg. 27 (people / places)
Pg. 28 (people / places) |
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ASPHALT MINES
MINIERE D'ASFALTO
Lu Pulone- cont'd. |
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The mine at Lu Pulone was also called "settantacinque" because it was 75 metres below the ground level in the area . Another mining area was called "CentCinque", being 105 metres below ground level . |
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Old ore cars (le carretele) still inside the mine which were used to carry the bitumen. |
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Partial skeleton of an animal that died inside the mine long ago. It looked like a fox (volpe). |
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Large chain still lying on the floor inside the mine. |
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"Viva Il Duce" carved in a tree beside the entrance to Lu Pulone. |
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An old entrance to the abandoned mine tunnel. From here the track went down to Scafa. |
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Remains of an old wall or bridge in the bottom of the ravine below the mine entrance. Not sure if it was a bridge or made to hold up the walls so there wouldn't be a cave-in. |
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Remains of the old foot bridge (la Passarella) from Roccamorice to Abbateggio. There was also a long foot bridge that went from Lu Pulone to Lettomanoppello. This was the old way to go to LuLett when the ravines were full of water and no modern roads had yet been built.
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Large piles of mine tailings (waste rocks) dot the landscape above Roccamorice. In the 1940s this rock was gathered by men and women (young and old alike). Then it was cooked in large ovens in order to extract the "benzina" - petroleum |
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Ruins below "Codacchio" where rocks were dug and heated to extract petroleum products during the 1940s. The name of this area is "Pundone de Futigne". This area is located directly across from a small picnic area on the Lettomanoppello side of the ravine where a path which leads down to the Grotto of San Angelo . |
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Mine portals which are still visible, just above the mine tailings (waste rock) which are seen in the left picture . |
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Mine tailings (waste rock) which were left over after the mining process and then dumped into the ravine. |
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In the late 1950s most mining activities ceased leaving a few areas open until the mid 1960's. Many familes emigrated to Canada and the US at about the same time in order to find work.
Today, the mines remain only a memory - for some pleasant, for others painful. |
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See more on Page 20 |
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La Rocca Pg. 18 |
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La Rocca Pg. 20 |
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