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.
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.
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