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The Grand Old Lady of the Winterslag coalmine (Belgium)
A part of the immense compressor room of the Winterslag coalmine.
This 1912 building, built in neo- classical style, houses the huge and powerful compressors that supplies the underground explotation with the neccesary compressed air.
A coalmine contains a lot of mine gas that can explode at the slightest spark. All underground tools and transport equipement are driven by compressed air, so that sparking is virtually impossible.
On the bottom floor of the compression room are huge fans that supplies the underground with fresh air and extract the used air upwards.
The addition of fresh air is also necessary to control the temperature underground because it is 45 degrees C at a depth of 750 meters.
So you can easily say that the compressors togehter with the huge fans, forms the heart and lungs of the underground mine.
The Grand Old Lady of the Winterslag coalmine (Belgium)
A part of the immense compressor room of the Winterslag coalmine.
This 1912 building, built in neo- classical style, houses the huge and powerful compressors that supplies the underground explotation with the neccesary compressed air.
A coalmine contains a lot of mine gas that can explode at the slightest spark. All underground tools and transport equipement are driven by compressed air, so that sparking is virtually impossible.
On the bottom floor of the compression room are huge fans that supplies the underground with fresh air and extract the used air upwards.
The addition of fresh air is also necessary to control the temperature underground because it is 45 degrees C at a depth of 750 meters.
So you can easily say that the compressors togehter with the huge fans, forms the heart and lungs of the underground mine.