The Oranje Nassau I was a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 coal mine located in Heerlen

Heerlen

Heerlen is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the province of Limburg. It forms part of Parkstad Limburg, , an agglomeration of about 220,000 inhabitants.After its early Roman beginnings and a rather modest medieval period, Heerlen...

. The mine was in operation from 1899 until 1974.

The Oranje Nassau I was the oldest and second largest of the four Oranje Nassau Mijnen

Oranje Nassau Mijnen

The Oranje Nassau Mijnen was established in 1893 by Friedriech Honingmann and Carl Honingmann The Oranje Nassau Mijnen was established in 1893 by Friedriech Honingmann (1841-1913) and Carl Honingmann The Oranje Nassau Mijnen was established in 1893 by Friedriech Honingmann (1841-1913) and Carl...

-mines, and close to ​​the mine there were several laundries and a large electric power station. The mine dominated the skyline of Heerlen with its two large chimneys nicknamed "Lange Jan" and "Lange Lies".

External links

• http://citg.tudelft.nl/?id=18387 Coal Mining in the Netherlands (Delft University of Technology
  Delft University of Technology
  Delft University of Technology , also known as TU Delft, is the largest and oldest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands...
  
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