Belgian coal basin

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coal mining region historic industrial region

The Belgian coal basin is a historic industrial region in Belgium known for its extensive coal mining activities and associated engineering heritage, including canals and hydraulic boat lifts.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Belgian Basin 1
Borinage coalfield 1
Liège industrial basin 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coal mining region ⓘ
historic industrial region ⓘ
associatedWith Charleroi NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Louvière NERFINISHED ⓘ
Liège NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mons NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seraing NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
declinePeriod second half of the 20th century ⓘ
engineeringHeritage 19th-century canal engineering ⓘ
hydraulic boat lift technology ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Blegny-Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bois du Cazier NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bois-du-Luc coal mine and museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canal du Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grand-Hornu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Historic Canal du Centre and its four hydraulic boat lifts NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Louvière industrial heritage ⓘ
Strépy-Thieu boat lift NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus important European industrial heritage landscape ⓘ
historicalSignificance key region for Belgian economic development in the 19th century ⓘ
major center of the Industrial Revolution in Belgium ⓘ
industrializationPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
knownFor canals ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ
hydraulic boat lifts ⓘ
industrial heritage ⓘ
locatedIn Hainaut Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Liège Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Namur Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wallonia ⓘ
mainIndustry coal extraction ⓘ
heavy industry ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
partOf Sillon industriel NERFINISHED ⓘ
resourceType coal ⓘ
transportInfrastructure canal network ⓘ
industrial waterways ⓘ
railway network ⓘ
UNESCOStatus contains UNESCO World Heritage Sites related to industrial heritage ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs → locatedIn → Belgian coal basin ⓘ
Albert Canal → linksIndustrialRegions → Belgian coal basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liège industrial basin
Binche → locatedIn → Belgian coal basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Basin
Frameries → partOf → Belgian coal basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borinage coalfield