Charbonnage de Beeringen (Belgium)

One of the seven Campine coal mines. The Beringen mine opened in 1922 and closed its doors in 1989.

Joel says : February 9, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Nice pics from this nice mine. I hope I´ll be there in two weeks with some friends

Joel

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Stéphane Colin says : November 4, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Nice, but sad pictures. When I was 9 years old (1979), we went there with our teacher to visit de mine (the buildings, not the galleries). I remember very well all this places, but very noisy, with noisy wagons going up and down in the lifts, riding very quicly on the rails in a nearly magical ballet, the enormous extraction engine, with oil spliting on the walls, … I was deeply impressed, and I have kept a passion for the coalmines sinds this time. Thank you for this nostalgics pictures.

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sweetridgesisters says : September 11, 2011 at 9:04 pm
There is a lot of this sort of thing in Pittsburgh. You inspire me to be more adventurous- though with a baby slung around my neck perhaps not quite as adventurous as I have been in the past.

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