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France Die Kohlenwäsche

Tomvandutch

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The coal wash is a true industrial cathedral and was the largest coal-powered wash house in Europe when it opened in the late 1920s. It replaced the women who separated the coal by hand. The coal washing plant was in operation until autumn 1999, before it was listed as a historical monument the following year.
It operated until the fall of 1999 before being listed the following year. Since the site is in poor condition and subject to vandalism, controlled fallow land use or demolition could occur. Due to the disappearance of some of its components and the significant deterioration of the remaining facilities, it was deregistered in November 2020.

The facilities are spread over an area of around 32 hectares on several levels, which corresponds to a floor area of 8,000 m2. Around ten processing lines were successively put into operation, modernized after 1950, and then used regularly until operations almost ceased.
In the coal washing process, the coal is sorted according to its particle size.
At peak load, the system can process up to 1,000 t per hour.

The coal washing plant was connected to the public railway network and also delivered its coal to nearby power plants. Along the tracks to the north you can reach the adjacent thermal power station in around ten minutes.

It's not easy to breathe new life into a huge industrial wasteland. The buildings suffered from the ravages of time, the inevitable looting and the destruction that came with it. Less than 10 years after the coal washing facility was officially abandoned, there is almost nothing left of the outdoor electrical equipment.

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