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kODvB TIL the Woodingdean Well was dug by hand between 1858 and 1862 and reached a depth of 1285 feet - deeper than the top floor on the Empire State Building is high. Its bottom was 850 ft below sea level.
WWYN TIL the deepest ‘hand dug’ well in the world is as deep as the Empire State Building is tall