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Old Flax Factory Ooigem

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Old Flax Factory Ooigem

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Location: Harelbeke, Kortrijk, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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DirkWi

January 13, 2025

Flax factory located along the old Leie arm. In 1936, an artificial retting plant was built by order of Camiel Declercq, a farmer from Ooigem. This was expanded a year later under the same owner with a hangar and scutching plant, which were rebuilt after a bombing during the Second World War.

Retting plant made of concrete consisting of six + two retting rooms (multi-sided type).

Scutching plant in concrete skeleton construction with red brick and hangar to the south.

Dust shed on roof with chimneys.

Preserved brick factory chimney.

Pump shed along the Leie to draw up water.

... and if all this technical information does not interest you: just enjoy the charm of decay, reflected in the beautifully peeling blue and white gate ;-)

Source: inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/89562

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Location: Harelbeke, Kortrijk, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

Old Flax Factory Ooigem

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3. Leie Meander – Forest Path by Ooigem Castle loop from Harelbeke

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