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The Winding tower of the Shime coal mine in Shime-town, Kasuya, Fukuoka, Japan. It stands 47.65 metre(156.3ft) tall, used to access an underground mine lying more than 430 metre(1411ft) deep. It was built from 1941 to 1943.
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