Billy-Montigny Pit 10 Guided Tour
You can discover the workers' baths, workshops, offices or the engine room that the association of friends of the Fosse wishes to preserve from destruction.
17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé
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Visit of the remains of the Billy-Montigny Pit 10 mine site:
- The working-class city of the mining area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Presentation of the different types of housing and the house of the engineer and chiefs;
- Visit of the buildings: baths-showers of workers and employees, workshops-stables-store offices;
- Well search games n°10,
- Visit of the building of the machines/ boiler room, always threatened with demolition and that the association of the Friends of the Fosse 10 of Billy wishes to protect to preserve the memory of the miners.
- Visit of an exhibition on the disaster of 1906 of the Mines de Courrières. Provided that the weather allows.
Duration of the visit: 1h30 First guided tour: Saturday 17/09, from 10h00 to 12h30 Second guided tour: Saturday 17/09, from 14h30 to 16h00 Third guided tour: Sunday 18/09, from 10h00 to 12h30 Fourth guided tour: Sunday 18/09, from 14h30 to 16h00
More info on the association’s blog: http://amisfosse10billy.over-blog.com/
Contact: amisfosse10billy@gmail.com