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Épinac
Épinac () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department located in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department *Épinac coal mine The Épinac coal mines are situated in the municipality of Épinac and surrounding areas in the Saône-et-Loire Departments of France, department, within the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Mining operations began in the mid-18th century, coveri ... * Hottinguer coal mine References Communes of Saône-et-Loire {{Autun-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Épinac Coal Mine
The Épinac coal mines are situated in the municipality of Épinac and surrounding areas in the Saône-et-Loire Departments of France, department, within the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Mining operations began in the mid-18th century, covering an area of 3,435 hectares. In total 70 shafts were created in this mining basin, although only around 10 were directly involved in coal extraction. Remnants of these industrial activities, such as mine entrances, Spoil tip, spoil heaps, railways, ruins, Company town, workers' housing, and repurposed buildings, are still present at the beginning of the 21st century. The region continues to be influenced economically, socially, environmentally, and culturally by its mining history. Location The deposit is within the municipality of Épinac and its surrounding areas, in the northern part of the Saône-et-Loire Departments of France, department, within the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in East Francia, eastern Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hottinguer Coal Mine
The Hottinguer coal mine was one of the main Coal mining, collieries of the Épinac coal mine. The buildings, raised between 1872 and 1876, housed a revolutionary atmospheric extraction system: a piston moving in a 558 m-high tube, machined in Le Creusot (an original technique by engineer Zulma Blanchet), rather than by traditional cables, which at the time were unable to descend to such depths (over 600 m), making it the deepest mine shaft in France when it was commissioned in 1871. After its closure in 1936, it was converted into a paint factory in 1948 by the BITULAC company, before being abandoned in 1998, barely ten years after the fire of March 12, 1989. It was listed as a Monument historique, historic monument by decree on November 26, 1992, and was classified by decree on October 11, 2022, which superseded the original listing. The Malakoff Tower and its wings have been undergoing renovation since late 2012. The construction of a Photovoltaic power station, photovoltaic pow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
