Hottinguer coal mine
The Hottinguer coal mine was one of the main collieries of the Épinac coal mine. The buildings, raised between 1872 and 1876, housed a revolutionary atmospheric extraction system: a piston moving in a 558 m-high tube, machined in Le Creusot, rather than…Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Building
- Description: one of the main mines in Épinac, France
- Also known as: “Mine Hottinger” and “Puits Hottinguer”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Pierre d’Épinac and Chapelle Sainte-Madeleine de Montartaux.
Église Saint-Pierre d’Épinac
Church
Photo: Pemberlaid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Pierre d’Épinac is a church, which is situated 1¼ km northwest of Hottinguer coal mine.
Chapelle Sainte-Madeleine de Montartaux
Church
Château de Morlet
Castle
Photo: Q.suguenot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Château de Morlet is a castle, which is situated 3½ km south of Hottinguer coal mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morlet and Saint-Pierre-en-Vaux.
Morlet
Village
Photo: Argusone, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Morlet is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in France. Morlet is situated 3½ km south of Hottinguer coal mine.
Saint-Pierre-en-Vaux
Village
Photo: GO69, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint-Pierre-en-Vaux is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. Saint-Pierre-en-Vaux is situated 8 km north of Hottinguer coal mine.
Santosse
Village
Photo: Bildoj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santosse is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. Santosse is situated 9 km east of Hottinguer coal mine.
Hottinguer coal mine
- Category: coal mine
- Location: Épinac, Arrondissement of Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
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Latitude
46.98365° or 46° 59′ 1″ northLongitude
4.5205° or 4° 31′ 14″ eastOpen location code
8FR6XGMC+F5OpenStreetMap ID
way 260334105OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q3410661
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In Other Languages
“Hottinguer coal mine” goes by many names.
- French: “puits Hottinger”
- French: “puits Hottinguer”
- French: “Puits Hottinguer”
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