La belle France II.

Source IGN, Photothèque Nationale
3.9.1954

Shafts 2 and 2bis of the Sainte-Henriette colliery in Hénin-Beaumont with coking plant and power station in 1954.
The coking plant was shut down in 1958 and the mine was closed in 1970.
In the background on the left is the notorious Peñarroya lead and zinc smelter.

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