Anderlues coking plant

Type	Country	Date	On the Map	Status	Rating
Factory	Belgium	2005-04-01		Demolished	***

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Anderlues coking plant: Warehouse Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: 36 working days without accident. Record to beat: 89 days! Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Workers bathroom Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Key ring Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Wooden tool Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Tools warehouse Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Id stamp Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: The door Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Quality Manager office Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Pigeons in love Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: The main power supply door Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Chimney and coke furnace Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: The chemical lab Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Water. Before: benzol. Recycling? Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Citerns Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Citerns Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Citerns Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Macro-rust Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Coke conveyor belt Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Vans Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Nice golden machine Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Pressure control follow-up Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: The Chimney Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Ballade on the furnace Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: In the furnace Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: On the top of the furnace Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Gazometer Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: In the caves Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net
Anderlues coking plant: Exit. Byebye Anderlues Sylvain Margaine (c) www.Forbidden-Places.net

No Future Coking Plant...

The S.A. Cokeries et Houillères d'Anderlues closed down in 2002. It was one of the last coking plant active in Belgium, producing and selling foundry coke.

Anderlues coking plant - Click to enlarge!

Panoramic view of the coke furnaces.

It seems that the demolition of the site had been stopped. Some buildings and chimneys are missing.

Yet there is still a lot to see there, even if the site has been vandalized. Buildings are beautiful, installations are impressive (gazometers, furnaces, tar citerns, laboratories). Offices have also been devastated, but lots of archives can be found.

By clicking here you can see some photos of the coking plant in activity.

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