Factory Farm Crater
France /
Nord-Pas-de-Calais /
Frelinghien /
Riche Rue / Richestraat
World
/ France
/ Nord-Pas-de-Calais
/ Frelinghien
World / Belgium / Wallonie / Hainaut / Moeskroen
First World War 1914-1918
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Factory Farm was the most southerly of the mines detonated on the 7th of June 1917. The crater lay outside the area of the attack and was detonated as a diversionary tactic, records show this was not as sucessful as had been anticipated.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°44'30"N 2°54'48"E
- Battle of Messines WWI 8.4 km
- The Bluff 8.7 km
- Caterpillar 9 km
- Bedford House Cemetery CWGC 10 km
- Polygon wood 14 km
- Passendale 20 km
- Quarters Bos van Houthulst (EOD) (Houthulst Forest) 25 km
- The Trench of Death 34 km
- Paardenmarkt WWI depot 73 km
- Fortress Liezele 103 km
- N336(B)/D108(F) autoroute bridge 2.8 km
- D108 autoroute bridge 2.9 km
- Le Brun Chateau 3.5 km
- Derry House Cemetery No. 2 3.6 km
- Blockhaus B239bis La FERME BLANCHE 5 km
- Heuvelland 6.1 km
- Road bridge 6.2 km
- Railroad crossing 6.5 km
- Road bridge 6.6 km
- Comines 7.1 km