The 43-metre-high headframe of the Saint-Amé mine reminds us of the turbulent coal history of the northern French municipality of Liévin, near Lens.
The iron headframe was preserved on the site where the French Compagnie des Mines de Liévin laid its first coal mine in 1858.
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The 43-metre-high headframe of the Saint-Amé mine reminds us of the turbulent coal history of the northern French municipality of Liévin, near Lens.
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