A sink hole has opened up in Clydebank, and is 62 meters deep! 
Kilbowie Road sinkhole is 62 metres deep and caused by historic mines, say council
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If anyone needs hoiking out they'll not have long to wait, it's only a few yards away from the firestation! 
velvet donkey posted:That's parachute sales up
Hi Velvet, 
I often worry about that happening here. We are built on mining areas 
velvet donkey posted:Sprout posted:I often worry about that happening here. We are built on mining areas
You wanna see North Lanarkshire too
Today six Mexicans came out a manhole cover in Hamilton.
Now if that had Trump he would've tried to stop them 
velvet donkey posted:Wee Nicorla is giving them honoury degrees.
PMSL!!
Do you know, I've just worked out 62m on my phone......204.....and a half feet deep
Why is it called a 'sink' hole?
Is it cos it's sunken into the ground?
I asked an expert yesterday and they told me to go away
There you have it folks 
Saint posted:Why is it called a 'sink' hole?
Is it cos it's sunken into the ground?
I asked an expert yesterday and they told me to go away
There you have it folks
Well I've always assumed it's called a Sink Hole because the ground underneath the surface has gradually sunk away!
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Saint posted:Why is it called a 'sink' hole?
Is it cos it's sunken into the ground?
I asked an expert yesterday and they told me to go away
There you have it folks
Well I've always assumed it's called a Sink Hole because the ground underneath the surface has gradually sunk away!
I would have assumed the very same Fluffy. Seeing as I am out and about I can't bring myself to Google it.
Google says - (short answer) - some sort of collapse of the surface.
But surely the surface can only collapse if the underneath layers of ground have fallen away?
Loads of old mine workings in the central belt of Scotland.I'm in Glasgow and about six years ago we had huge machines infilling in my garden and others,they weighed tons and forced concrete(I think) into large tubes they sanke deep into the ground.They did this before the houses could be upgraded.