The Lange Jan was a striking landmark of Heerlen. The Lange Jan was built in 1937/1938 to serve as a chimney for the power plant of the Oranje Nassau mine I. The Lange Jan was a total of 135 meters high.
In 1953 a second chimney (De Lange Lies) was built next to it. The Lange Lies was a total of 155 meters high, both chimneys were the symbol of Heerlen as a city of miners.
After the closure of the Oranje Nassau mine I on December 31, 1974, the Lange Jan was blown up on Saturday, August 21, 1976. The Lange Lies was blown up on August 16, 1976, which also marked the definitive end of the Oranje-Nassau I coal mine.
Today, the site where both chimneys used to stand is part of the old building of the Central Bureau of Statistics from the 1970s.
Only the shaft and collection building that now houses the Dutch Mining Museum is still visible from this time. You can clearly recognize this by the steel headframe with the red neon letters 'ON' from 'Oranje Nassau' on it. The mine's water tower has also been preserved.
In 2003 there were plans to build skyscrapers that would bear the name Lange Jan and Lange Lies.
This text has been automatically translated using an online translation service.
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