Exhibition: «The Barrois career, industrial past, natural future»

Name: Exhibition: «The Barrois career, industrial past, natural future»
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Centre des archives industrielles et techniques de la Moselle

Discover the history of the quarry, exploited since the eighteenth century for the needs of industry, returned to nature, after the end of coal, forming today an exceptional ecosystem.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance.

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Discover the history of the quarry, exploited since the eighteenth century for the needs of industry, returned to nature after the end of coal, forming today an exceptional ecosystem.

The exhibition first presents the history of the Barrois quarry, whose sand was used to fill the gaps left by coal mining, before evoking the second life of the site, returned to nature and now home to exceptional flora and fauna.

About the location

Centre des archives industrielles et techniques de la Moselle

18 rue du Merle, 57500 Saint-Avold

Moselle
Grand Est

The centre of the industrial and technical archives of the Moselle keeps(preserves) and emphasises the industrial memory of the department. He(It) keeps(preserves) the archives of the Coal mines of the pond of Lorraine, but also the archives of glass factories(glass-making), the chamber of commerce, or else Bata, between others.