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Coal Tip

France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Auchel / boulevard de la Paix
 interesting place, coal mine

Rather former conical coal tip which began to rise from 1876. It is the last big conical coal tip of the western extremity of the mineral field. Enclosed in a vast context of workers' housing developments, he is recognizable from a great distance from part his asymmetry and establish a real landscaped marker. Considerable works of requalification and excavation were realized and an important part of the slopes of this coal tip was so sowed by sorts of " flowery meadows ",
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Coordinates:   50°30'16"N   2°29'4"E
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