Ruhr Area
The ruins of the switch building are part of the demolished Schalker Verein steel factory in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
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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Portugal
During the twentieth century, the Tejo thermoelectric power plant was essential for developing the Portuguese capital, Lisbon. It supplied electricity to the electric tram, street lighting and factories in and around Lisbon.
Berlin
In the Herzberge landscape park, a green oasis in Berlin's Lichtenberg district, the Queen Elisabeth evangelical hospital was built at the end of the nineteenth century and was heated from a separate boiler room.
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
In Peenemünde, Germany, the Nazi rocket testing center, a coal-fired power plant was established in 1939 to enable the energy-intensive production of liquid oxygen - the fuel for the V2 rocket.
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