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Imerys Aluminates, Dunkirk

Imerys Aluminates, Dunkirk

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07 Mar 2025 3 35
Imerys Aluminates offers a varied range of high-tech calcium aluminate binders. These products, with numerous properties, are designed for refractory, building chemistry and technical concrete applications, mining, pipes and wastewater, and metallurgical flux.
Winding remains

Winding remains

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18 Nov 2024 5 2 125
Siege Simon was a colliery in the Lorraine coal basin was sunk from 1904 and the first coal was wound in 1907. Sinking shaft two commenced in 1908. It was the last mine in the eastern sector when it was abandoned in December 1997. The site is now a national monument although you wouldn't guess from the state it is in. This view is through the windows of the winding enginehouse on Shaft 1.
Rolling bascule

Rolling bascule

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01 Apr 2024 5 1 175
Rolling bascule bridge in the dock complex at Dunkerque.
Gas power

Gas power

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11 Mar 2023 1 161
GDF Suez gas-fired power station at the Arcellor Mittal steelworks in Dunkerque. This combined cycle plant has a capacity of 788 Mw.
Two towers

Two towers

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04 Nov 2022 4 1 193
Water towers at Florange steelworks in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Wendel-Vuillemin

Wendel-Vuillemin

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25 Aug 2021 3 171
Wendel-Vuillemin Mine - Carreau Wendel, Petite-Rosselle, Lorraine (Saar-Warndt coal mining basin). This shaft was sunk between 1862 and 1889. The Carreau Wendel shafts in the background were modernised in the 1950s and a new shaft (Wendel 3) sunk in 1952. Mining on this site finally ended in 2001 when Wendel 3 was closed. The remains now form a museum.
Dunkerque steel

Dunkerque steel

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13 Jan 2021 1 156
Three blast furnaces at the ArcelorMittal integrated steelworks at Dunkerque. The plant produces more than 6 million tonnes of steel per year.
Puits Cuvelette Nord

Puits Cuvelette Nord

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12 Mar 2020 3 1 336
Shaft sinking commenced here in 1929 using the freezing method to pass through wet ground. Production commenced in 1933. Winding coal here ended in 1966 but the site continued in use for ventilation of other pits in the area. In 1991 a new headframe was constructed and the shaft deepened to 1289 metres.
Puits Sainte-Fontaine, St Avold

Puits Sainte-Fontaine, St Avold

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04 Mar 2020 5 344
This is a former mine of the Houillères de Lorraine. Sinking commenced here in January 1908 to a depth of 1,037 metres. The colliery stopped working in 1972, was reopened in 1976 and finally closed in 1986. The headframe is registered in the additional inventory of historic monuments.
Dunkirk gasholder

Dunkirk gasholder

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23 Apr 2019 1 293
Large telescopic gasholder at the ArcelorMittal steelworks in Dunkirk.
Rolling

Rolling

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05 Apr 2019 3 288
Rolling bascule bridge in the dock complex at Dunkerque.
Slag tipping

Slag tipping

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28 Mar 2019 2 253
Hot work on the slag tipping area at the ArcelorMittal integrated steelworks at Dunkerque. The plant produces more than 6 million tonnes of steel per year.
Steelworks clock

Steelworks clock

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12 Jul 2014 1 424
Products and equipment illustrated on the frontage of the offices at Florange steelworks.
Carling coke works and power station

Carling coke works and power station

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31 May 2014 3 721
The Carling coke works in Forbach, Lorraine, is in the foreground and off to the left. Opened in 1910 it closed in 2009 and is currently being dismantled. The 1,873 MW Emile Huchet power plant behind is operated by EON and comprises 3 coal fired units 115 MW (unit 4), 330 MW (unit 5) and 600 MW (unit 6) and 2 CCGT units (414 MW each for units 7 and 8).
Florange

Florange

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30 May 2014 3 470
Sculpture outside the steelworks at Florange. ArcelorMittal have closed the blast furnaces at this site but retained the mills which now roll billets brought from the Tata plant at Scunthorpe in the United Kingdom.
Uckange

Uckange

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26 Oct 2012 432
The steelworks at Uckange was last operated by Lorfonte. In 1991 the works was closed and the No.4 blast furnace and Cowper stoves have been preserved.
Puits Cuvelette Nord

Puits Cuvelette Nord

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12 Aug 2012 435
Shaft sinking commenced here in 1929 using the freezing method to pass through wet ground. Production commenced in 1933. Winding coal here ended in 1966 but the site continued in use for ventilation of other pits in the area. In 1991 a new headframe was constructed andthe shaft deepened to 1289 metres.
Carling coke works and power station

Carling coke works and power station

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13 Aug 2012 1 397
The Carling coke works in Forbach, Lorraine, is in the area between the houses and the power station. Opened in 1910 it closed in 2009 and is currently being dismantled. The 1,873 MW Emile Huchet power palnt behind is operated by E.ON and comprises 3 coal fired units 115 MW (unit 4), 330 MW (unit 5) and 600 MW (unit 6) and 2 CCGT units (414 MW each for units 7 and 8).
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