Nordrhein-Westfalen
In 1973, the foundation stone of the nuclear power plant of the future was laid in Kalkar, Germany. However, power was never produced there. Where did it go wrong?
Power plants and electricity
Delve into the comprehensive history of power plants and the development of electricity in Europe, tracing its origins from the early 19th century to the present day.
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Ghent
In 1967, Ghent's municipal electric power plant was expanded with a brand-new building that housed three giant diesel engines.
West Flanders
Transfo Zwevegem, Zwevegem's old power station, has been generating steam and electricity in the region since 1911. The power station is now repurposed.
West Flanders
Izegem in West Flanders was one of the first Flemish municipalities to develop its own power station in 1900. As a result, the largest preserved steam engine in Belgium is located there.
East Flanders
A few months before the First World War broke out, the Langerbrugge power station started producing electricity 'to provide the surrounding municipalities with electric light'.
Berlin
The banks of the Spree in Berlin's Oberschöneweide district were overrun at the end of the nineteenth century by workshops that mainly focused on the electronics industry.
Berlin
With the construction of a turbine factory for AEG in Berlin, architect Peter Behrens did away with the battlements, brick facades and turrets that had characterized industrial architecture until then.
Hainaut
Brick transformer houses sprang up like mushrooms over the twentieth century in Belgium to supply every corner of the country with electricity.
East Flanders
The Liedtspark in Oudenaarde, East Flanders, not only has a whole series of follies in store, but on the edge of the park, you will also find a transformer house that has been given the contours of a medieval castle tower.
Berlin
Electric street lighting, arc lamps, neon lights,... In 1932, the German capital Berlin was the best lighted city on earth, according to Mildred Adams, correspondent at The New York Times.
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