tarboat's photos with the keyword: liege

Gothic colliery at Cheratte close to Liege. The first mine development here was in 1860 and the Malakow winding tower over the 170m deep No.1 shaft was completed in 1907. The adjacent buildings housed the baths and offices. Mining ended here in 1977 and the site was declared a historic monument in 1982, since when it has sat derelict and decaying.

Mallieue Limekilns. These huge commercial running kilns could handle large quantities of stone. The inside of the pot absolutely dwarfed the tree that had somehow found its way inside. This view is taken through the draw hole into which I had climbed for a better look. The exterior of these kilns is in the next image .

A short distance from Liege and close to the Meuse there is a large and thriving quarry industry exploiting the limestone reserves in the area. There are several banks of large disused running kilns, dating, I think, from the early twentieth century. The finished product from this set would have been loaded into railway wagons on a siding where the street lamps now stand.