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Aimé-Tilloy ou fosse Saint-Amé

Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Chevalement du puits numéro 3 (cad. B 6308) : inscription par arrêté du 6 mai 1992
Protection dates
1992/05/06 : inscrit MH
Type
mine
Main period of construction
1er quart 20e siècle
Dates
1920
Ownership
propriété d'une société privée
Address
rue Montgolfier
Commune
Liévin
Département
Pas-de-Calais
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
50.42634, 2.77949
Mérimée reference
PA00108469

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1856 map "Dept. Du Nord." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Chevalement de la fosse n° 3, dite fosse Aimé-Tilloy ou fosse Saint-Amé, érigé pour la Compagnie des Mines de Lens en 1920 sur un site d'extraction remontant à 1858. Le chevalement métallique à treillis est caractéristique de la reconstruction des mines de Lens dans les années 1920. Ce chevalement a été le témoin de la catastrophe du 27 décembre 1974 qui fit 42 victimes.

English translation

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Headframe of pit no. 3, called pit Aimé-Tilloy or pit Saint-Amé, erected for the Compagnie des Mines de Lens in 1920 on an extraction site dating back to 1858. The metal lattice headframe is characteristic of the reconstruction of the Lens mines in the 1920s. This headframe was witness to the disaster of 27 December 1974 which killed 42 victims.

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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