Hauts-de-France
The French mining company Compagnie des mines de Vicoigne-Noeux-Drocourt pulled out all the stops in 1886 when it modernised its mining headquarters in Noeux-les-Mines.
Coal mines
In the French coal basin of Nord-pas-de-Calais, Germany's Ruhr and Saarland, England, Wales, and Belgium, coal was brought to the surface in hundreds of coal mines for many years. Today, coal mines have become heritage sites or have been demolished.
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Hainaut
Tuesday, May 15, 1934. In the Fief de Lambrechies mine in Quaregnon (Belgium), 46 miners are trapped like rats 821 metres underground after a mine gas explosion. Eleven rescuers dive into the shaft in search of survivors.
Charleroi
Two metal headframes in Charleroi are a last reminder of the glorious past of the Pêchon coal mine, where coal has been extracted since 1910.
Limburg
The Eisden coal mine extracted coal from the Limburg subsurface from 1923 onwards.
Limburg
On September 30, 1992, the Limburg 'Charbonnages d'Helchteren-Zolder' dug up the last lump of coal in the Benelux.
Limburg
Houthalen is the last mine that opend its doors in the Kempen coal basin. Only the main building and the two steel headframes were preserved.
Hainaut
The Crachet-Picquery coal mine was one of 11 mining settlements operated by the Charbonnage de Frameries in and around the Borinage commune of the same name.
Hainaut
Like a felled tree, the concrete shaft of the Hyon-Ciply coal mine has been lying on its side for almost 100 years.
Hainaut
From December 1878 to October 1880, Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh stayed in the Belgian mining region of the Borinage.
Hainaut
In 1810, industrialist Henri De Gorge bought the Grand-Hornu coal mine in the Borinage, a famous mining region in Belgium.
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The opening stages of the Tour de France cross northern France, a region deeply marked by the legacy of World War I and the coal industry.
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