French, Cement Seal, Haubourdin Cement, Image & Found by Peter van Lierop.
Found in Noord Brabant, Netherlands, 18mm, 2.2g.
CIMENT / flower head / HAUBOURCIN / flower head / PORTLAND // crowned shield bearing arms / LILLE, SOCIETE ANONYME DES CIMENTS & CHAUX HYDRAULIQUES (DU NORD) around
A cement bag seal for Haubourdin Portland cement.
FRENCH CEMENT WORKS, History of the Lexos d'Haubourdin and Allas les mines cement works, "1899: Construction of the factory. North hydraulic cement & lime company.
1901: first cement kiln
1954: construction of furnace 1
1972: construction of furnace 2, cement silos A & B and crusher n ° 5
1975: takeover by Ciments LAFARGE
1978: Transformation of furnace 2 in a semi-wet process; construction of filtration workshop and LEPOL grid and final shutdown of furnace 1
1980: demolition of furnace 1
1981: construction of the coal workshop
1984: Final shutdown of furnace 2 (deposit until 1987)
1985: Definitive stop of clinker grinding, maintenance of a deposit with bagging of cement
1987: Final shutdown of the site
1991/2002: demolition of the site
Mark:
Cement "With the arms of Lille"
Lime "Lion of Flanders"
Production capacity:
1945: 200,000 Tons / year
1954: 400,000 Tons / year
1972: 900,000 Tons / year
1980: 500,000 Tons / year"
