Lewarde Mining Historic Centre

The Delloye pit or Joseph Delloye of the Compagnie des mines d'Aniche is a former coal mine in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais mining basin, located in Lewarde. After thirteen years of closure, the site became the Historic Mining Centre of Lewarde. The pit was begun in 1911, at the same time as the Bernard, Lemay and Bonnel pits. The sinking of the Delloye well was interrupted by the First World War. Work did not resume until 1921, and the shaft was commissioned in 1927, when it reached a depth of 360 meters. On this date, the Delloye No. 2 shaft began a few decameters to the north, and began to extract in 1932, a year after the commissioning of the Barrois pit, the last of the Aniche mines. The wells provide ventilation, service, and extraction.

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