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DSC6617 A large party of tourists waiting at the main entrance to the Seegrotte mines near Vienna in Lower Austria The mines has an underground lake which gave the mines its name and lies 60 metres below ground. It is also a tourist attraction for its boat rides in the underground caves. By the end of World War II, water was pumped out of the grotto and the cave was used as an underground factory by the Nazis. 2,000 people, many of them forced labourers, built parts for the Heinkel HE 162 aircraft, the first jet fighter in the world. Keywords: Seegrotte, Lower Austria, Austria, mines, tourist, tourists, group, party, young, visitors, attraction, caves, Nazis, Heinkel HE 162 aircraft, jet fighter, aircraft, tourism
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Photographer: Richard Sowersby
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Upload Date: 2008-07-20 11:32:11
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A large party of tourists waiting at the main entrance

to the Seegrotte mines near Vienna in Lower Austria
The mines has an underground lake which gave the mines its name and lies 60 metres below ground. It is also a tourist attraction for its boat rides in the underground caves.
By the end of World War II, water was pumped out of the grotto and the cave was used as an underground factory by the Nazis. 2,000 people, many of them forced labourers, built parts for the Heinkel HE 162 aircraft, the first jet fighter in the world.
Keywords: Seegrotte, Lower Austria, Austria, mines, tourist, tourists, group, party, young, visitors, attraction, caves, Nazis, Heinkel HE 162 aircraft, jet fighter, aircraft, tourism