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East Flanders
The German army fenced off the border between Belgium and the Netherlands from 1915 with a three-wire fence. Electric current of 2,000 volts was rushed through the middle wire.
Charleroi
Unlike the Belgian cities of Liège, Antwerp, Ghent or Brussels, Charleroi never hosted a World Fair. Therefore, the smaller-scale Universal Exhibition of Charleroi in 1911 was no less ambitious.
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Hauts-de-France
In 2004, the French brewery and malthouse Terken in the northern French city of Roubaix closed its doors.
Hainaut
A seven-hundred-meter long embankment, a splash of asphalt here and there, and two useless viaducts: cars will not immediately drive on the four-lane road of the N60 in Frasnes-lez-Anvaing.
Grand Est
With the dynamiting of the two blast furnaces of the Usine de Senelle, the last witnesses of the steel basin in Longwy, France, disappeared in the summer of 1991. Or almost.
Hauts-de-France
Fosse Mathilde is one of the oldest preserved mining buildings in the northern French mining basin. The brick complex was built in 1831. The Compagnie des Mines d'Anzin mined coal there until 1862.
Liège
The Cockerill family's tomb in the Spa cemetery pales into insignificance compared to the monument that adorned the family grave for a century.
Saarland
Julius Buch built the Völklinger Hütte in 1873, where steel was produced until 1986.
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Water towers are often overlooked architectural gems that combine functionality with design and history. Belgium, with its rich industrial and cultural heritage, is home to some fascinating examples. Here’s a list of seven water towers that are as breathtaking as they are unique.
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