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Puits I

Folschviller, Moselle, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
L'ancienne tour d'extraction (cad. A 4040) : inscription par arrêté du 22 octobre 1992
Protection dates
1992/10/22 : inscrit MH
Type
usine d'extraction
Main period of construction
2e quart 20e siècle
Dates
1931, 1948
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Lieu-dit
Cité Fürst
Commune
Folschviller
Département
Moselle
Region
Grand Est
Country
France
Coordinates
49.08423, 6.67381
Mérimée reference
PA00107065

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Elsass-Lothringen, Bayerische Pfalz." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le fonçage des deux puits par cimentation est entrepris en 1931 pour la compagnie des Mines de Saint-Avold qui assure la mise en exploitation à partir de 1942. L'équipement du carreau s'achève en 1948 avec la construction du chevalement-tour du puits 1 édifié par l'entreprise Barbier, Bernard et Turenne de Quiévrechain (59) pour les Houillères du Bassin de Lorraine. D'une hauteur de 58 m, le chevalement métallique comprend deux compartiments d'extraction, avec deux machines disposées au sommet.

English translation

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The sinking of the two wells by cementation was undertaken in 1931 for the Saint-Avold Mines Company which ensured exploitation from 1942 onwards. The equipment of the pit head was completed in 1948 with the construction of the headframe tower of pit 1 erected by the company Barbier, Bernard and Turenne of Quiévrechain (59) for the Houillères du Bassin de Lorraine. With a height of 58 m, the metal headframe comprises two extraction compartments, with two machines arranged at the top.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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