Blegny-Mine

Mining at the site was begun by the monks of Val-Dieu Abbey in the 16th century.

[1] The first mine shaft was sunk in 1779 and expanded throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Mining at the site was taken up by the Société anonyme des Charbonnages d'Argenteau in 1919.

[2] The mine's headframe was destroyed by the Belgian Army in 1940 and many of the surviving features of the site date to the post-World War II period.

[2] It was one of the last active coal mines in the Province of Liège, closing after subsidies were withdrawn following the 1973 oil crisis, in 1980.