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CARRIERE ET FOUR A CHAUX DE PINCOURT
One of the largest headframes of 13 coal mine headframes preserved in France. 20 minutes from Angers and just 1 hour from Nantes in the Loire region in Montjean sur Loire. Visible from the intramural path.
Address :
Pincourt - MONTJEAN-SUR-LOIRE
Montjean-sur-Loire
49620 MAUGES-SUR-LOIRE
FRANCE
Montjean-sur-Loire
49620 MAUGES-SUR-LOIRE
FRANCE
Contact: CARRIERE ET FOUR A CHAUX DE PINCOURT
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Presentation of: CARRIERE ET FOUR A CHAUX DE PINCOURT
Built in 1874, the headframe of the shaft of the trench is 32 meters high. Astride above the mine, the well of the trench down to 178.5 m underground. A pulley system allowed to trace coal bags to the surface so that they are transported, by railway, to the lime kiln. Originally, the entire site of the trench consisted of a port, seven kilns contained in the same massive trapezoidal, a mine and a career related to the ovens by a railway track.
Opening times
Open all year round
Site theme
Industrial site
Site category
Registered and listed sites
Architectural style of the site
19th century
Free
yes
Visit languages
Visit: French
Further information
Groups accepted
Pets allowed
Visible point of interest without tour
