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Ruins of the Nederlandsche Portland Cement Factory

Ruins of the Nederlandsche Portland Cement Factory

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Ruins of the Nederlandsche Portland Cement Factory

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Location: Vaals, Limburg, Netherlands

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Pauline van der Waal

September 6, 2020

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The Nederlandsche Portland Cementfabriek was one of the two cement factories in Vijlen near Vaals. During the Second World War, one of the quarry's tunnels was used as an air raid shelter and after the war there was a mushroom farm for a short time. After World War II, the limestone quarry was filled with waste and was given the name de Koel. Today the location of the factory is in ruins.

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Emiel

September 29, 2020

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very special, after the closing of the ENCI Maastricht to come across this ruin here

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Marco

July 22, 2019

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On the meadow are the remains of the Dutch cement factory in Portland.

Kalff, Van Rey and Scheins have been using a marl quarry in Vijlen since 1875, in which …

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Elevation 150 m

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