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Old Locomotive Shed of the Grôven Mine

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Bernard

August 2, 2023

Before mining, there was a very active quarry on this site in the 19th century, from which comes the name Grôven.

Initially the Grôven Mine was made up of two concessions: a concession of 5 ha that the State had allocated to the Société de Chemins de Fer et Minières Prince Henri and a second of 10 ha, established for the benefit of the Société des Mines du Luxembourg and the Forges de Sarrebrück, the SBS. From 1898, the SBS took over the operation of these two concessions. The inscription SBS is still engraved on the keystone at the entrance to the mine.

In 1911, the Société Anonyme des Hauts Fourneaux et Forges de Dudelange, the Société de Forges d'Eich and the Société Anonyme des Mines du Luxembourg et des Forges de Sarrebrück, the SBS, merged. This is how ARBED, the Aciéries Réunies de Burbach-Eich-Dudelange, was born, which then continued to operate the Grôven mine.

As the photo shows, next to the two galleries of the Grôven mine, the site was also made up of offices, a forge, a benzol depot, a mine timber depot and a scale serving to weigh the carts. Today only the old locomotive shed remains.

Iron ore was extracted from the Grôven mine until 1957, when the definitive cessation of exploitation was decided due to the imminent exhaustion of reserves.

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Location: Esch-sur-Alzette Canton, Luxemburg

Old Locomotive Shed of the Grôven Mine

1. Giele Botter Nature Reserve – Fond-de-Gras Railway Museum loop from Lasauvage-Carreau

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3. Minett Historical Ruins – Korspronk Circuit loop from Belval-Rédange

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