East Flanders
A few months before the First World War broke out, the Langerbrugge power station started producing electricity 'to provide the surrounding municipalities with electric light'.
Coal-fired power station
In the early twentieth century, Ghent, Belgium, made a massive switch to electric power for trams, street lighting, and harbour cranes. To meet the growing demand, the city commissioned the construction of coal-fired power stations.
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