ZOEKTOCHT IN ONS LANDJE
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Stan* - Lid geworden op: 08 nov 2007, 16:58
the battle of Messines WWI is part of Wijtschate, Belgium.
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Spanbroekmolen Pool of Peace
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For most of 1916 and a good part of the following year, allied engineers burrowed beneath the german lines on the Messines Ridge and laid 21 enormous mines. On the 7th of June ,1917 at 3.10am they lit the blue touchpaper and retired to a safe distance. 19 of the mines exploded resulting in a bang that was heard was heard in Dublin! This crater near Spanbroekmolen was the one of the largest. The two unexploded mines were forgotten about after the war and an electricity pylon was erected directly above one of them. In 1955 a lightning strike hit the pylon and detonated rather a large amount of antique explosive. A cow was killed. The location of the last remaining mine is not known.
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Spanbroekmolen Pool of Peace
Made by Colorgrinder
For most of 1916 and a good part of the following year, allied engineers burrowed beneath the german lines on the Messines Ridge and laid 21 enormous mines. On the 7th of June ,1917 at 3.10am they lit the blue touchpaper and retired to a safe distance. 19 of the mines exploded resulting in a bang that was heard was heard in Dublin! This crater near Spanbroekmolen was the one of the largest. The two unexploded mines were forgotten about after the war and an electricity pylon was erected directly above one of them. In 1955 a lightning strike hit the pylon and detonated rather a large amount of antique explosive. A cow was killed. The location of the last remaining mine is not known.
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