Cité du Moulin

The Bleuse Borne mining complex comprises slagheaps 189a and 189b and two mining towns from different periods: Mont de la Veine and Moulin. It owes its name to the Bleuse Borne pit mined by the Compagnie des Mines d'Anzin. It was one of the longest operating pits in the coalfield: the shaft was sunk in 1783, and although mining ceased in 1935, it was used as a service shaft until 1955. The slag heaps and the two housing estates bear witness to the intensity of its activity.


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