le four à chaux - the lime kiln
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Le Four à Chaux - The lime kiln. The men’s entrance. The ammunition entrance. What is the "Lime Kiln" ?. The four à chaux « lime kiln » is a fortress from the french Maginot Line built before World War II. The men lived in this work in case of war about 25 meters deep under earth. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The four à chaux « lime kiln » is a fortress from the french Maginot Line built before World War II.
The men lived in this work in case of war about 25 meters deep under earth.
We encourage you to visit this fortress to see what life was like in the 4.5 Km long underground during a
exciting trip within the work.
This is now a brief survey of the « Lime Kiln »...
The Lime kiln is a work built on two
levels.
These two levels are linked up by a
very particular Incline.
From one level to the other :
120 m long,
24 m high and
215 steps…
The fortress Four à Chaux (Lime Kiln) is in Lembach, in the North of Alsace about 60km from Strasbourg.
Vers Wissembourg
et
Karlsruhe (D)
Vers Woerth et Haguenau
Vers Bitche
Vers Dahn et Pirmasens (D)
Vers Soultz-s-F
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