Bunker NV 4 Neufchâteau

This is bunker NV 4 from sector Neufchâteau-Visé from the 1st line of defence for the city of Liège, la Position Fortifiée de Liège 1 (PFL1) and belongs to fort Neufchâteau. It is the 4th of a total of 19 bunkers from this sector.

Because der bunker is located in the middle of a meadow with cows, it could not be viewed up close. The artillery opening was facing south-east.

When the bunkers had lost their strategic value for the Belgian Army, all the steel (doors, artillery hatches) was sold as scrap metal. The plots of land where the bunkers were located were also sold. It now lies on a farmer's plot.

The walls of the bunkers from the PFL line are 1.3 meters thick, and of reinforced concrete. They could withstand shelling with 150 mm shells. They were equipped with two steel doors. Only a few bunkers were connected to the power grid. Most had to be lit with storm lamps.

The bunkers were built in the early 1930s.

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Ed Lewandowski
• La Position Fortifée de Liège, Coenen & Vernier.