Ghent
Two hundred years ago, in 1823, the Ghent city architect Louis Roelandt started establishing the first gas factory on the Waalse Krook, specifically on the site where the Ghent city library now stands.
Hydraulic harbour crane
A 20-metre-high harbour crane casts its shadow over the new Matadi Bridge at the Handelsdok in Ghent. The crane, designed in 1988 by the Belgian firm Sobemai of Maldegem, casts its shadow over the new bridge.
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