Cleaning toilets (restrooms) and floors
C-Mine is a cultural and recreational centre in the Belgian city of Genk, which started as a development project of the former Winsterslag coal mine.
In 1917, the Winterslag coal mine was the first of the mines of the Kempens Bekken to go into production. On March 31, 1988, the mine closed its doors and in 1993 the mine site became protected heritage. The coal laundry, the brickyard, the workhouses and the cooling towers were demolished. The lamp and shower rooms (lampisterie), the management buildings (office building), the machine building with power plant and the collection machines (energy building), the warehouses, the horse stables and the two shaft bays have been preserved.
The buildings in neoclassical and Neo-Flemish Renaissance style date from the period 1912-1925. The two shafts date from 1916 (the oldest in Limburg) and 1963 (the last built in Limburg). In the 1990s, the city of Genk investigated some possibilities for repurposing the old mine site. In 2001, the city bought the complex from the Limburg Reconversion Company (LRM). The name C-Mine was chosen in 2005 through a competition. The C stands for "creativity".
Cleaning toilets (restrooms) and floors
C-Mine is a cultural and recreational centre in the Belgian city of Genk, which started as a development project of the former Winsterslag coal mine.
In 1917, the Winterslag coal mine was the first of the mines of the Kempens Bekken to go into production. On March 31, 1988, the mine closed its doors and in 1993 the mine site became protected heritage. The coal laundry, the brickyard, the workhouses and the cooling towers were demolished. The lamp and shower rooms (lampisterie), the management buildings (office building), the machine building with power plant and the collection machines (energy building), the warehouses, the horse stables and the two shaft bays have been preserved.
The buildings in neoclassical and Neo-Flemish Renaissance style date from the period 1912-1925. The two shafts date from 1916 (the oldest in Limburg) and 1963 (the last built in Limburg). In the 1990s, the city of Genk investigated some possibilities for repurposing the old mine site. In 2001, the city bought the complex from the Limburg Reconversion Company (LRM). The name C-Mine was chosen in 2005 through a competition. The C stands for "creativity".