Antwerp
At the end of the 18th century, the Belgian Rupel region counted more than hundreds of brickworks. However, the rise of concrete and mechanization heralded the end of the brick industry in the 1960s.
Antwerp
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Antwerp
A military railway line, a dilapidated monument and an anti-tank trenches surround the ruins of the Brasschaat fortress.
Antwerp
The iron water tower of the former De Naeyer paper factory in Willebroek is the eye-catcher of the repurposed domain.
Antwerp
A 33-kilometre-long canal zigzags from Stabroek to the Albert Canal in Antwerp. What at first glance looks like a strip of nature was initially intended to hold up German tanks.
Antwerp
On the eve of the Second World War, the former petroleum port of Antwerp was equipped with a brand new network of above-ground pipelines.
Antwerp
The steel lifting bridge above the Brussels-Scheldt sea canal is part of the legacy of the Société Anonyme des Ateliers de Construction de Willebroeck, once an internationally renowned constructor.
Antwerp
Setting up a sawmill seemed the furthest thing from his mind. Yet that was precisely what miller Alfons Beyens ventured into in 1902.
Antwerp
The Belgian Rupel region has over fifty brickmakers' tunnels running under streets and railway lines. They are the best-hidden reminder of the brick industry of yesteryear.
Antwerp
A monumental bonded warehouse was built in 1902 at the Essen border station along railway line 12 between Antwerp (Belgium) and Roosendaal in the Netherlands.
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