History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Quai des Charbonnages

In Dutch: Koolmijnenkaai

Quai des Charbonnages, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 23 buildings on the Atlas map, for 39 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 6 periods, from the 1800s to the 1990s. 65% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18491
  • 1850 – 18796
  • 1880 – 19138
  • 1914 – 19446
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 64: 1890. 3 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name
Descriptive name
Theme
Economic life

Quai le long du canal de Charleroi (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.