golden view

Belgium (F/D/L) - 2018

A trip through Belgium mainly, but also with short sidesteps to Germany, France and Luxembourg. We visited some abandoned industrial places, some historical sites, mines and so on. The journey will be described in reversed order, beginning in Calais and ending in Germany.
Coal mine du Gouffre - 4

Coal mine du Gouffre - 4

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outlook from the "coal handling building"....here was the "Eastern Shaft Building", now demolished.
Coal mine du Gouffre - The Cathedral - 5

Coal mine du Gouffre - The Cathedral - 5

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Western Shaft Building
Coal mine du Gouffre - The Cathedral - 6

Coal mine du Gouffre - The Cathedral - 6

23 Sep 2018 12 2 496
Charbonnage n°10 du Gouffre - Western Shaft Building
Coal mine du Gouffre - The Cathedral - 7

Coal mine du Gouffre - The Cathedral - 7

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see PiP for remains of the time, when a zoo rented the building - I cannot imagine how that worked?? - Western Shaft Building
Coal mine du Gouffre - The Zoo - 7b

Coal mine du Gouffre - The Zoo - 7b

23 Sep 2018 16 10 330
Remains of the Zoo, which used the building from 1979 to 1982.
Coal mine du Gouffre - The Cathedral - 8

Coal mine du Gouffre - The Cathedral - 8

23 Sep 2018 25 15 506
Western Shaft Building better in large....see PiP!
Coal mine du Gouffre - The Cathedral - 8b

Coal mine du Gouffre - The Cathedral - 8b

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Coal mine du Gouffre - The Cathedral - 9

Coal mine du Gouffre - The Cathedral - 9

23 Sep 2018 20 4 350
Western Shaft Building
Coal mine du Gouffre - Gilly Outlook - 10

Coal mine du Gouffre - Gilly Outlook - 10

23 Sep 2018 16 10 393
View from the "Cathedral" to Gilly, a district of Charleroi.
Coal mine du Gouffre - Windows - 11

Coal mine du Gouffre - Windows - 11

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Don't worry, this is not the new Windows version 11, but the 11th image of the series ;-)) - Western Shaft Building
Coal mine du Gouffre - Cathedral - 12

Coal mine du Gouffre - Cathedral - 12

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this time from outside...."Western Shaft Building"
Coal mine du Gouffre - Cathedral - 13

Coal mine du Gouffre - Cathedral - 13

23 Sep 2018 17 4 290
this time from outside....you see the corner from inside in image 11
Coal mine du Gouffre - Black Land - 14

Coal mine du Gouffre - Black Land - 14

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Coal Processing Building.
Coal mine du Gouffre - floor holes - 15b

Coal mine du Gouffre - floor holes - 15b

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Coal mine du Gouffre - floor holes - 15c

Coal mine du Gouffre - floor holes - 15c

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Coal mine du Gouffre - floor holes - 15d

Coal mine du Gouffre - floor holes - 15d

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Coal mine du Gouffre - floor holes - 15

Coal mine du Gouffre - floor holes - 15

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Each hall or room a new adventure, and many holes in the ground ;-) This is in the "Coal processing building". See PiP's!
Coal mine du Gouffre - Stairway to Heaven - 16

Coal mine du Gouffre - Stairway to Heaven - 16

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better view in large ;-)
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