Undeniable | Diving

In 1938, a prison and a limestone quarry were opened up side by side in Rummu. As limestone was a very important construction material at the time, the prison’s labour camp was intended to supply the mine with enough labourers for large-scale mining. The mine slowly lost its importance by the 1970s because building materials had changed and prisoners were used as workers in other industries. Water constantly needed to be pumped out of the quarry, but as production levels dropped, the pump was turned down to