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Wales: Bob Scott took this picture of another cave and according to history, It was not until 1912 that the Morgan brothers first explored the caves, and it is their descendants that run the National Showcave Centre for Wales today. The two brothers, Ashwell and Jeff, entered the Dan yr Ogof Showcave via a small passage which can just be seen inside the short mined tunnel now connecting the end of the dry passages with the outside world. Their way into the caves was by coracle, across the small lake now known as the Coracle Pool. Their lighting was from candles and oil lamps and they plotted their route through the caves by marking the sand or mud with arrows. When the brothers finally reached Bridge Chamber they discovered that there were in fact three lakes to cross, not one. For 25 years nothing more was done. Following further exploration in the 1930s and 60s over 10 miles of passageway were discovered.
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