Photos by hfinster: on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

yet an other important historical monument of Verviers gone. Very sad. Thanks for the photographs! I wish, I would have photographed this plant.

More photos will come soon from the iron ore processing facility (what's left of it)....

This year we at Hunedoara comemorate 10 years since they shut down our coke plant, the last sintering plant, the Siemens-Martin steel mill and the last operational blast furnace. That marked the end of the city's economy. P.s. i' also have photos of our factory from the "golden age" (1950's-1980's)....

Greed was the no. 1 enemy for our indusry, the hunger for money and the value of scrap metals recovered from the factory lead to the complete destruction of our "citadel of fire"

Thanks a lot for your additional background information! It drives me tears to realize, that our historic roots are going to be destroyed.

This is a beautiful photograph which depicts the atmosphere at Charleroi very well. Harald

Ein wunderbares Zeitdokument! Von der Grube ist ja leider nichts wirklich Nennenswertes mehr zu sehen.

Just for your information: the steam engine visible in the foreground was originally located at the cardboard factory PKI-Smurfit at Inden (in the lignite coalfield): http://www.panoramio.com/photo/20246926 You will find photographs taken at the original location on my website at: http://hfinster.de/StahlArt2/archive-paperfactory-en.html Greetings Harald

Danke für den Hinweis, schwabendude

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