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The Large Drainage Channel Of The Ronchamp Coal Mines
The Ronchamp coal mines adit is a large drainage channel with brick walls. It was used to drain the mine water between 1783 and 1840. It has a section of 70 × 50 cm and is 1.3 km long. It was supplied by the Henri IV shaft and the Clocher adit. Other mines were opened in the area around 1950. In 1997, the historical mining circuit of the outcrops was created and the exit of the channel was included as a point of interest, together with a more recent dewatering adit. At the beginning of the 21st century, the site was redesigned and a nearby adit that was discovered at the time was restored. History When coal deposits were discovered in Ronchamp in the middle of the 18th century, concessions were granted and the first Adit, adits were opened in the hills above the villages of Ronchamp and Champagney, Haute-Saône, Champagney. As the mines were inundated with water and had to be drained, the large drainage channel was dug by the operators from east to west to perform this func ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronchamp Coal Mines
The Ronchamp Coal Mines were an area of coal mines located in the Vosges and Jura coal mining basins, in eastern France. They covered three municipalities; Ronchamp, Champagney and Magny-Danigon. Operated for more than two centuries, from the mid-eighteenth century until the mid-twentieth century, they have profoundly changed the landscape, the economy and the local population. Mining began in Ronchamp in the mid-18th century and had developed into a large industry by the late 19th century, employing 1500 people. Extraction started in adit before being dug at coal mine Saint Louis in 1810, introducing the first real extraction mine-shaft. The shaft seams sunk more and more, and became deeper until the well, owned by (Civil Society coal Ronchamp), eventually became the deepest mine in France beating the coal mine du Magny (694 meters) in 1878 and the coal mine Arthur de Buyer (1010 meters) in 1900. After the nationalisation of mines in 1946, the shaft and the thermal po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |