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Cultural Centre - Industrial Heritage in Walbryzch

            

Kids' Guernica - Guernica Youth group arriving at Cultural Centre May 15, 2015

 

 

  Cultural Centre of Walbryzch

 

            

                            Guide, a former miner who worked under ground for 25 years,

                                                         introduced by

                                                          Mariusz Gaj

 

     

      The miner remembered as a sculpture

 

         

          Bernard Conlon lifting a 'Presslufthammer' - sledge hammer

 

Alexandra Zanne taking a photos of photos of former miners

 

                        

                         Juan Gutierrez looking at photos of miners the guide used to know as friends

                         most of which have left Walbryzch once the coal mine closed in 1992.

 

       

        Conference hall - the former wash station for the miners

 

    

     Coal chute

 

    

     Guide beside machinery for producing stable electricity

 

  

   Wondering about cultural heritage consisting of machinery once used by the mine

 

         

          Heavy machinery made by SIEMENS

 

    

    Big wheel - an expression of industrial power

 

  

 

 

    

     View out the window into outer court yard of the Cultural Centre

 

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