Extraction tower, Loos-en-Gohelle coal mine, Lens, France
Extraction tower at pit no. 11-19, known as Saint-Pierre or Pierre Destombes, 66m high, concrete, used from 1960, at the Loos-en-Gohelle coal mine, opened 1891 by the Compagnie des Mines de Lens, at Loos-en-Gohelle near Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France. The site is now decommissioned and protected and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14153660
Media ID
46162103
Size
8268px x 5387px
(17.9MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2024
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