1. The History
Located in Wallonia, Belgium, La Réunion colliery is close by to the town of Morlanwelz. It was worked between1850 to 1940, and like nearby Sainte Henriette mine, was owned by the company "Charbonnages de (Mariemont-)Bascoup". Beyond that there’s little info up on the web. However, I did manage to find this old postcard of the second and better condition building I looked round here:
Copyright © Neils, Bruxelles
2. The Explore
Spotted this place on Google Maps and had it pinned prior to my trip to Belgium this Xmas. Was close by visiting another site, so parked up and had a stroll over here. The place was a walk in and an easy explore, bar the attentions of the chien local!
3. The Pictures
The first smaller building I looked in was absolutely thrashed:
On to the better of the two structures:
It looks like it has been knocked around a bit and altered/repurposed in recent years:
As this floor looks new-ish. It might have been the engine-house and these partition floors were put in when it was repurposed:
The roof has been patched up:
But needs a little more work here!
That’s it for this place;
