Charleroi
Neither the city of Charleroi nor the Walloon Region wants to release the money to maintain blast furnace 4 in Marchienne-au-Pont and preserve it for future generations.
Forges de la Providence
Between the Sambre and the Brussels-Charleroi canal, the industrialist and politician Ferdinand Puissant built the Forges de la Providence in 1832, an iron factory for which he sourced the mustard from the Englishman Thomas Bonehill.
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Charleroi
On August 8, 1956, disaster struck the Bois du Cazier mine in Charleroi, Belgium. A fire broke out hundreds of meters underground, killing 262 miners.
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