To dispose of blast furnace slag from the Dudelange iron and steelworks, the company utilised a series of slag wagons provided by the German firm Jünkerather Gewerkschaft.
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The Belval blast furnaces in Esch-sur-Alzette are the last remnants of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg steel industry. In 1997, the steel factory was shut down for good, only to rise like a phoenix from its ashes a few years later.
Only a dozen pylons remain of the cable car between the iron mine in Öttingen, France and the blast furnaces of Terres Rouges in Differdange, Luxembourg.
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