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Black Cokes  Factory BC
Belgium

Reports6
First reportMarch 6 2020
by urbexvision
Latest reportAugust 1 2022
by jorbx



La cokerie
by louispeeterss on January 28 2022 19:48 hr CE(S)T   Shortlink to this report: [ https://urbx.be/tnwa ]

Finding out the location
  very easy
Access
  easy
Safety
  unsafe
Risk of being seen
  low
General condition of the place
  bad
Traces of vandalism
  many
Good place for taking pictures?
  good
Did you see other people?
  few


Visit date    July 10 2021 at 9 hr
Visit duration    4 hours

Un petit détour dans l'époque industrielle de Charleroi ça vous tente ?

L'entreprise Carsid débute la création de son usine en 1864 date a laquelle la première usine métallurgique est créé et passera de longues belles années a créer moduler et envoyer du métal a travers toute l'Europe.
C'est dans les années 90 que débuta la descente aux enfers des sociétés métallurgiques qui mènera à la fermeture totale du site en 2006 qui depuis est abandonné. Jusqu'à il y a quelques mois ou de réels travaux conséquents ont commencés dans l'ancienne cokerie vouée actuellement à la destruction.

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Coke Plant M
by jorbx on August 1 2022 21:16 hr CE(S)T    Shortlink to this report: [ https://urbx.be/ungd ]

Finding out the location
  easy
Access
  very easy
Safety
  unsafe
Risk of being seen
  low
General condition of the place
  bad
Traces of vandalism
  few
Good place for taking pictures?
  very good
Did you see other people?
  none or very few


Visit date   July 9 2022 at 14 hr
Visit duration   2 hours

Entering the area of the coke plant from behind is very easy. Some structures are very rotten and unsafe.

We didn't see any security while exploring but the place is well guarded apparently.

Nice location for every explorer who likes industrial structures.

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf5z6wtjDPF/

[2] https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf-8MelgPNE/

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This won't take long before it's being demolished...
by Tubbieontheroad on March 9 2021 19:35 hr CE(S)T    Shortlink to this report: [ https://urbx.be/wktg ]

Finding out the location
  very easy
Access
  easy
Safety
  unsafe
Risk of being seen
  low
General condition of the place
  bad
Traces of vandalism
  many
Good place for taking pictures?
  very good
Did you see other people?
  few


Visit date   March 9 2021 at 13 hr
Visit duration   5 hours

First of all, watching out for security is a must here. Allthough I personally think they don't care as much as they used to.
It's a beautiful, polluted mess, and playground.
But beware.
At the opposite side of the road of the cokerie, they are already demolishing everything. So I think it won't take long anymore until they take it down.
I enjoy every walk there, and found some of the most beautiful places I've ever seen here. Like the controlroom, the cokesoven, that creepy water tower thing near the oven. I want to go to the roof of that but the ladder at the top looks so gnarly...
I love this place and I hope I can explore it for a longer time.

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New Friend
by suburbX on March 7 2021 23:05 hr CE(S)T    Shortlink to this report: [ https://urbx.be/newx ]

Finding out the location
  very easy
Access
  very easy
Safety
  unsafe
Risk of being seen
  low
General condition of the place
  very bad
Traces of vandalism
  very many
Good place for taking pictures?
  good
Did you see other people?
  none or very few


Visit date   March 6 2021 at 11 hr
Visit duration   5 hours

This was the second time we visited this industrial playground. This time with drinks and decent cameras.
So impressive this large terrain full of scrap metal and heavily polluted dirt.
While this gigantic place is blocked off with chained-off gates and warning signs in the front, you can just walk right in from the backside. some of the surrounding industry is still in use, but as the tall buildings shield you from most angles, we were not in a hurry and took our time. There are no cameras, or at least we did not see any, however we had a little scare, when we came out of one of the buildings and had a dog look us right in the face. Did we get spotted by some security guard?
We quickly turned around and walked towards the opposite exit, but the dog was already waiting for us there.
He was alone, and just wanted to play, it seemed. He was wearing a collar, so he was not a stray, but as we did not see any other people, he must have ran away or something.
However, we decided to leave him behind, hoping that he will be ok in this awfully dirty place...

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Black Cokes
by Moselle_urbex on March 21 2020 19:48 hr CE(S)T    Shortlink to this report: [ https://urbx.be/pjyj ]

Finding out the location
  easy
Access
  very easy
Safety
  safe
Risk of being seen
  low
General condition of the place
  good
Traces of vandalism
  few
Good place for taking pictures?
  very good
Did you see other people?
  many


Visit date   March 15 2020 at 12 hr
Visit duration   5 houres +

I visited this former coke plant and it is a realy cool industrial place, so much things to see.

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Black Cokes
by urbexvision on March 6 2020 21:14 hr CE(S)T    Shortlink to this report: [ https://urbx.be/wsbj ]

Finding out the location
  very easy
Access
  hard
Safety
  unsafe
Risk of being seen
  high
General condition of the place
  good
Traces of vandalism
  few
Good place for taking pictures?
  very good
Did you see other people?
  none or very few


Visit date   September 4 2016 at 16 hr
Visit duration   4 hours

This former coking plant is part of one of major industrial site in Belgium, located in an area where coal and steel once were the wealth of its region. The site is gigantic and imposes by its complex structure. the coking plant itself was put into service in 1952 by the Forges de la Providence, before going under the ownership of other steel groups. Today, the site is kind of abandoned, though severly guarded. Its demolition and de-pollution process are progressing slowly.

Exciting visit to this industrial maze which, since my childhood, aroused my interest and my curiosity…

[1] http://urbexvision.com/blackcokes/

[2] http://bit.ly/2IfmNUY

[3] https://instagram.com/urbexvisionbe

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