Hasard de Cheratte

The Coal mine of Hasard de CHeratte is the main colliery of Société anonyme des Charbonnages du Hasard, composed of four mine shafts. The first well was dug in 1850 to extract dice coal and closed for the first time in 1877 following an accident. It re-opened thirty years later in 1907 and operated untill 1977. Remediation of the site and demolition of several buildings are planned for 2016.

Charbonnage du Gouffre

This colliery site started in 1916 and the exploitation ended in 1969. The buildings were built in 1934. After the closure the buildings served as a zoo. You can still see some remainings of the animal cages. In 1982 the zoo closed and the site was converted to a vehicle dismantling site which ended early 21th century. One of the buildings is still in use and guarded from decay.

First a picture when the colliery was still in use.

And on to the more recent pictures...