In 1847, the coal and steel industry in the German Ruhr area reached cruising speed as industrialist Franz Haniel erected a coal mine in Essen.
In 1993, the Kokerei Zollverein coking plant was at the end of its rope: the steel crisis of the 1990s caused the demand for coke to melt away.
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The spring classic Gent-Wevelgem will take you right through the West Flanders war landscape of World War I on Sunday, 30 March 2025. Discover famous bunkers, trenches, observation towers and monuments along the course.
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