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Terril Sabatier

France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Beuvrages / D375
 UNESCO World Heritage Site, coal mine

The coal tip " Sabatier" is of natural type dressed in one space endowed with afforestations, with strata herbaceous or bushy appeared spontaneously or crashed. From the end of the XIXth century to the Second World War, the techniques of putting with coal tip evolve at the same time as the techniques of extraction. The first coal tips of conical shape appear then. Their mechanized construction is made by banisters or by air traffic by means of cable railways.
Classified in the world heritage of the U.N.E.S.C.O
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Coordinates:   50°24'29"N   3°29'59"E
This article was last modified 9 years ago