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Scenery…
Rummu Quarry is a blueish lagoon, unearthly for Estonia, in the midst of Harju county, Vasalemma parish, right next to it is ash-hill which together with an artificial Rummu lake makes a unique scenery and is wonderful day destination with our SUP-tour.
Next to a quarry, there is a Rummu ash hill which consists mainly of ash, a byproduct of the mine.
Start of Rummu Quarry…
Rummu quarry is a desolated and underwater mine in Estonia, in Vasalemma parish. Under Soviet Union rule they began extracting limestone in Rummu Quarry. In 1938 started working Vasalemma limestone- and marble factor , mining limestone in Rummu Quarry. As a matter of fact, there were Murru prison nearby and the company used prisoners of hard labor in mine.When Rummu closed and the pumping of water from quarry ceased, the quarry quickly filled with water, forming a lake, submerging some of the buildings and machinery.
Dangers lurking in this pristine crystal clear lagoon…
As this awesome submerged mine lake bed contains a number of ruble those including pieces of thick concrete, rebar spikes and plenty of barbed wire. Professional divers have made publicly aware that any jump-diving into the lake off half-submerged buildings is very dangerous. So its very much advised that any kind of diving from the building might have a fatal consequences.
Shutting down quarry…
After awhile, in 2001 Estonian government started to merge Rummu prison with the Murru prison, then in 2004 those were merged with the Harku women’s prison. On 31 December 2012, all of these prisons closed permanently.
Since then quarry is closed the area became beloved location for locals and tourist a like to have hiking trip or rafting. With buildings and machinery got submerged, scuba diving, nature photography became very much enjoyed there. As this place has unique layout and look, it became a prominent summer spot also for musicals, sports events and as general filming.
Popular culture coverage…
The site has had its fair share of popular culture coverage, those involved are: post-apocalyptic short film The Most Beautiful Day by Einar Kuusk. Last but on least some of those buildings are featured in music videos as of do date: “Faded” by Norwegian DJ Alan Walker. Nublu x gameboy tetris video ‘für Oksana’ and Jesse Kaikuranta’s – ‘Vielä täällä’ also include scenes from Rummy quarry.
New ideas…?
New ideas of the future site have been pitched by the students of Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA), several of them has been sketched and proposed. As of 2017, the owners of the property are planning a technology park. Rummu quarry is private property, and belongs to KB Auto Eesti OÜ.
What to see…
Quarry total of 2,5 kilometers long, and width is at its lowest 40 meters and peaks 70 meters. In the above water part of the walls outcrop of the quarry, there are at least 3 meters high limestone layer which is the outcrop, below water there are atleast 4 meters of the same layer.
The outcrop part is pure Vasalemma layer limestone what is also quarry stratotype. Underwater part sees another layer of pure limestone all, after that, there is 2 meters of microlayer of mergel which consist of middle limestone layers.
In the quarry, there are 88 acres of artificial lake (Rummu lake). In the past, according to the environmental registry there where were two separate water bodies: West Quarry and East quarry.
The present use of quarry and it’s artificial lake…
Derelict and submerged Rummu quarry, once mighty mine became a well liked location for locals and tourists alike for a all kinds of different activities both on and off this blueish lagoon and in around its unique layout and nature those including nature photography, hiking, rafting, scuba diving and as a summer spot, musical and sports events.
We welcome our customers to a SUP-Tour on this beautiful lake, You can safely enjoy its rich scenery either above water or discover its secrets underwater.
You don’t wanna miss this opportunity to enjoy Rummu quarry like no other mine in the world!
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