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was sunk in 1779 and expanded throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1883, two concession companies in the region merged but went bankrupt in 1887. Mining at the site was taken up by the
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period. At its height in 1970, it produced 232,000 tonnes (228,000 long tons; 256,000 short tons) of coal per year and employed 680 workers. It was one of the last active coal mines in the
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The mine was transformed into a museum soon after its closure. Today the museum receives between 140,000 and 160,000 visitors each year.
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in 1940 and many of the surviving features of the site date to the post-
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The coal washing tower and production shaft at Blegny-Mine
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coal mine
Trembleur
Liège
Belgium
industrial heritage site
show mine
European Route of Industrial Heritage
Wallonia
UNESCO
a World Heritage Site
Val-Dieu Abbey
mine shaft
headframe
Belgian Army
World War II
Province of Liège
1973 oil crisis


"ERIH Entry: Blegny-Mine"
the original



"Un peu d'histoire"
Official website
Blegny-Mine
50°41′20″N 5°43′05″E / 50.6889°N 5.7180°E / 50.6889; 5.7180
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