Brussels John Cockerill Monument in the European District On the Luxemburgplein in Ixelles, you will come across the John Cockerill Monument. In 1872, a year after his statue was unveiled in Seraing, Willem Rau, Cockerill's loyal right-hand man, took the initiative to donate a statue to Brussels.
Liège An Ode to John Cockerill John Cockerill (and the rest of his family) propelled Belgium, the Netherlands, Prussia and France into the era of the Industrial Revolution in the early 19th century. A few decades after Cockerill's death, a monument honoring the 'father of the workers' was unveiled in the streets of Seraing.
Liège Traces of the Cockerill family in Spa The Cockerill family's tomb in the Spa cemetery pales into insignificance compared to the monument that adorned the family grave for a century.
Liège Second life for Cockerill's workshops in Seraing The Prince-Bishop's Palace of Seraing hides the former workshops of the Cockerill company.
Ruhr Area Climbing a blast furnace in Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord In 1901, August Thyssen built a steel factory with a blast furnace, the Rheinische Stahlwerke zu Meiderich bei Ruhrort, in Duisburg, Germany.
Germany The first industrial world heritage Julius Buch built the Völklinger Hütte in 1873, where steel was produced until 1986.
Germany Traces of the Cockerills in Stolberg The Cockerillstraße in Stolberg, Germany, already reveals that the Cockerill family also established itself near Aachen in the early nineteenth century.
Ruhr Area Old blast furnace in the Ruhr area One of the oldest preserved blast furnaces in the Ruhr area, the Henrichshütte in Hattingen, was built in 1854.
Wales Iron in Wales: Blaenavon Ironworks Thanks to the use of 18th-century cutting-edge technology - coal and steam - Blaenavon Ironworks in south Wales became the second largest iron producer in the world.
Wales Ruins of a blast furnace Judging from the crumbled remains of Clydach Ironworks, you wouldn't expect more than a thousand people to have been working here in 1840.
6 remnants of the Battle of Berlin The fierce Battle of Berlin was the final fight at the end of World War II. The bloody confrontation, from mid-April to early May 1945, brought the Nazi regime to its knees and ended World War II.