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During the twentieth century, the cost of road transport decreased due to better roads and steadily more powerful trucks. For the heavy sugar beet it took some time before this made the central refinery - râperie system obsolete. Râperies that were destroyed in World War I were often rebuilt. In time
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The new company set about on a complete modernization of the installations. It also built a 14th râperie, that of Wanze itself, which could process 700 t of beet per day. In 1888, a description of the factory was published. It could process 30,000 hectoliter of raw juice per 24 hours. Highlights were
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The liquidators of the
Sucreries Centrales in liquidation got 3,979 privileged shares in exchange for the central factory and the râperies. The pipelines were sold separately for 2,000,000 Francs in new bonds. The bonds of the old Sucreries Centrales could be exchanged at the ratio of five old bonds
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The company that would build Wanze Sugar
Factory was known as Sucreries Centrales. It was founded by contract on 16 May 1870. It would have its headquarters in Liège. The goal of the company was to establish one or more central sugar factories connected by pipeline to outlying râperies, as well as
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A new company "Sucreries centrales de Wanze" was then founded. It got a share capital of 2,000,000 Francs divided in 4,000 privileged shares of 500 Francs and 4,000 shares without a designated value. The executive board consisted of Paul
Wittouck; Alban Poulet, banker, and Baron Gustave Mincé du
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alone, there were about 90 sugar factories in 1877. As beet contained only about 10% sugar, the idea to split the production process came up. The extraction of the raw juice from the beet would be done in a râperie close to the farm. Only the raw juice would then be transported over a longer
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was closed down in 1956, the building still stands. The râperie de Hannêche (a.k.a. Burdinne) was closed down in 1958. An administrative building might still be standing. The râperie in Perwez on Avenue de Rosaie was shut down in 1959. A part of it survived and is now a restaurant.
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In 1896 the privileged shares and normal shares were exchanged for 8,000 new shares of 1,000 Franc each. The 6% interest on privileged shares had been paid up to 1896 while the rest of the profit had been reserved. From 1895 to 1911 the factory paid a steady high dividend.
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hall and the big quadruple effect evaporators. Within a few months Paul
Wittouck and Böhrig & König from Magdeburg succeeded in raising the daily capacity to 2,000 t of beet per day. It made Wanze Sugar Factory the biggest sugar factory of the world.
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February 1872 the central factory was connected to 5 râperies. That of Longchamps (Éghezée) was 23 km away. The others were at Burdinne (12 km), Vissoul (9 km), Moha (3 km), and Chapon-Seraing (10 km). Two of these communicated by
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The Wanze Sugar
Factory is now a production location of the Raffineries Tirlemontoise. It is the only European sugar factory that still has an operational râperie.
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became a cause of concern for the company. The râperies all had steam engines, and so did the pumping stations. The râperies were in
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and a râperie at a distance of 8 km. The two were connected by means of an underground pipeline that transported the raw juice.
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for two 500 Franc bonds of the new
Sucrerie centrales de Wanze and two 500 Franc bonds of the Sucreries de Breda et Berg op Zoom.
938:"Description Géologique et Hydrologique des puits et des forages creusés par la ste anonyme des sucreries centrales de Wanse"
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Fontbaré. Godefroid
Piesseria and Ernest de Moerloose were appointed to the supervisory board of the new company.
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engaging in all possible other industrial and trade activities in the sugar industry. The initial
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distance. A large central factory would be able to do the final processing at lower cost.
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was already important. The company also had a small sugar factory at Waremme.
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location. In July 1870 potential contractors were invited to view the plans (
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the truck won, but this was probably only the case after World War II.
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The central factory was built on a terrain of the Hospices Civils de
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Association des chimistes et ingénieurs de sucreries...
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Automotrice with beet near Hannêche râperie c. 1949
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1196:"De Grootste Ruwsuikerfabriek der Wereld"
922:"Les Sucreries en France et a L'Etranger"
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341:Sucreries centrales de Wanze (1887–1927)
173:connected by a pipeline. The râperie in
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864:Liste générale des fabriques de sucre
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322:, where the sugar beet were grown.
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762:De Maasbode 25 October 1928 1928
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245:Baron Gustave Mincé du Fontbaré
229:in 4,000 shares of 500 francs.
216:Sucreries Centrales (1870–1887)
59:Location of Wanze Sugar Factory
263:Antoine de Fortempts de Loneux
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1097:"Râperie - Vissoul vers 1940"
447:. At the time the râperie at
582:Le Bien Public 26 March 1872
1082:Heers en zijn 12 kerkdorpen
1024:"Raffineries Tirlemontoise"
822:Bib. Burdinne HannĂŞche 2023
666:La Meuse 4 August 1887 1887
635:La Meuse 25 April 1887 1887
623:La Meuse 23 April 1887 1887
33:Wanze Sugar Factory in 2010
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786:Bib. Burdinne Vissoul 2023
774:Histoire des villages 2023
318:located on the plateau of
280:Baron Théodore de Woelmont
277:Comte Charles d'Oultremont
235:The executive management (
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165:and is currently owned by
1217:Sugar industry in Belgium
1157:"Balade entre deux gares"
594:La Meuse 17 December 1886
570:La Meuse 10 December 1870
186:The central factory model
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606:La Meuse 28 January 1887
465:Raffinerie Tirlemontoise
289:Baron Charles de Potesta
260:Charles Delloye-Lamarche
167:Raffinerie Tirlemontoise
144:Raffinerie Tirlemontoise
1200:Bataviaasch Handelsblad
1137:"Histoire des villages"
474:The Wanze Sugar Factory
267:The supervisory board (
1042:. 2013. Archived from
654:Recueil financier 1913
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459:The end of the company
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337:for 4,000,000 Francs.
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251:Baron Charles Whetnall
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1117:"Râperie de Hannêche"
1076:Schoefs, Jos (2023).
897:"Sucreries centrales"
558:La Meuse 11 July 1870
546:La Meuse 13 June 1870
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124:50.52917°N 5.207423°E
16:Belgian sugar factory
1121:Bibliotheca Burdinne
1101:Bibliotheca Burdinne
1061:"Industrie Sucrière"
920:Horsin-DĂ©on (1888),
1141:Villers-le-Bouillet
1078:"De bieten raperie"
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960:. 17 December 1886.
903:. 10 December 1870.
501:Mechelen-Bovelingen
445:Villers-le-Bouillet
419:Mechelen-Bovelingen
161:. It is located in
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990:"Chronique Locale"
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972:. 28 January 1887.
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954:"Chronique Locale"
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129:50.52917; 5.207423
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103:Coordinates
75:16 May 1870
738:Rutot 1889
726:Rutot 1889
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529:Liste 1878
516:References
449:Longchamps
383:Longchamps
198:sugar beet
175:Longchamps
112:50°31′45″N
96:Longchamps
83:Since 1870
467:in 1894.
429:Bergilers
379:Ramillies
328:telegraph
115:5°12′27″E
98:, Belgium
1211:Category
1006:La Meuse
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970:La Meuse
958:La Meuse
901:La Meuse
889:La Meuse
877:La Meuse
437:Bierwart
424:Marlinne
387:Burdinne
316:râperies
140:Owner(s)
88:Location
80:Operated
1186:18 June
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1107:17 June
1087:17 June
1050:14 June
856:Sources
415:Waremme
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371:Hesbaye
320:Hesbaye
192:Râperie
181:History
171:râperie
1182:. 2023
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1103:. 2023
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