Antique & Vintage Postcards

Sweeping industrial view of the colliery works at Les Brebis, Bully-les-Mines, in the Pas-de-Calais coalfield. Multiple tall brick smokestacks belch smoke into a heavy sky, dominating a complex of engine houses, pit-head gear, workshops, rail lines, and spoil heaps spread across the flat northern French plain. The foreground shows timber stockpiles, rail infrastructure, and the skeletal ironwork typical of a working colliery. This panoramic view conveys the full scale of the Compagnie des mines de Béthune's industrial operations in the region.