We stood on the wooden planks of a large, circular platform, big enough to park two cars.
The operator pressed the button and a warning horn sounded. A few seconds later the platform began to descend down the deep cement-lined shaft, guided by well-engineered steel rails, cables and motors on two sides.
In less than a minute we were at the bottom of the shaft, some 30 meters below, the bright sky a mere circle high above.
The air was cool and clammy and got cooler still as we walked off the platform into the tunnel mouth which was wide enough for one car.
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