In Lanckensburg, on the German island of Rügen, German architect Paul Imberg erected an imposing granary tower in 1913.
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In Lanckensburg, on the German island of Rügen, German architect Paul Imberg erected an imposing granary tower in 1913.
A century ago, between 1923 and 1924, the Grandes Molinos Vascos was one of the first reinforced concrete structures on the banks of the Nervión River in the Spanish Basque country.
A severe storm lashed Belgium on Monday, 29 November 1897. Over a length of hundreds of metres, the sea dyke was washed away in the sea town Middelkerke. A drinking water reservoir did not remain unscathed either.
In the mid-nineteenth century, an aqueduct was constructed in Braine-l'Alleud in Walloon Brabant to bring water from the Hain River to the Belgian capital, Brussels.
In the valley of the Meuse, squeezed between railway line 125 and the river itself, lies a brick ensemble built in 1901 on behalf of Les Moulins de Namur et de Jambes.
The "Molens van Orshoven" is the oldest preserved mill complex on the Leuven Vaartkom and withstood bombardments during both World Wars.
A stone's throw from the Anhalter Bahn freight station in the German capital, Berlin, construction of a new cold storage warehouse began in 1900.
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