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The French Archeveque colliery. |
Agache colliery and the large slagheap. |
Once again Archeveque colliery. |
Arenberg colliery, shaft 2. |
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Historic mining related postcards from France - Part 1 ! |
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The French Archeveque colliery. |
Agache colliery and the large slagheap. |
Once again Archeveque colliery. |
Arenberg colliery, shaft 2. |
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| Bleuse-Borne colliery in Anzin in France. | Bleuse-Borne colliery with a flat rope. | Vieux Condé colliery. | A mining related impression from Divion. |
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| Horse-drawn carriages were used here. | A colliery at a small lake. | A nice car in front of a nice colliery. | A colliery in Pont-de-la-Deule. |
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| A colliery with a new winding tower in 1909. | The La Verrerie colliery in Douai. | A sinking tower in Denain. | A ship in front of a French colliery. |
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| A colliery before the first World War... | ...and after the war. | Roeulx colliery in Escaudin. | A colliery in a rural area. |
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| Winding towers with roofs at Gayant colliery. | Haveluy colliery. | Another colliery from Douai. | The sinking of a shaft at Delloye colliery. |
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| Beauvois colliery after the first World War. | Notre-Dame colliery in 1906. | Two different kinds of winding towers. | The rails are leading to Notre-Dame colliery. |
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| A colliery in Pecquencourt in France. | An aerial photograph of the same colliery. | Another colliery from Pecquencourt. | A Sainte-Marie colliery. |
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| Cuvinot colliery with a large slagheap. | Ewebank colliery in Raismes. | Vicoigne colliery in winter times. | Sabatier colliery with the pit fans. |
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| An aerial photograph of Sabatier colliery. | Miners in front of Renard colliery. | The winding tower of Renard colliery. | Saint-Louis colliery in Somain. |
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| A beautiful tower of Saint Marck colliery. | The tower of Vieux Condé colliery is made of bricks. | Greetings from Saint Roch colliery in 1912. | Sebastopol colliery in a very rural area. |
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| Sessevalle colliery with flat ropes at the tower. | The same colliery from another point of view. | A miner of Puit du Midi colliery. | Once again Sainte-Marie colliery. |
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| A colliery - destroyed during the war. | The Vieux Condé colliery. |
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