Hainaut
The ten-kilometre-long railway line 102 cut through the Borinage and connected several coal mines between Saint-Ghislain and Frameries.
Water towers
Explore Europe's historic water towers, from industrial marvels to architectural gems, and uncover the fascinating story of water supply and its vital role in the development of cities and towns.
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Limburg
A Monnoyer-type water tower stands in the shadow of the headframe and compressor building of the Helchteren-Zolder mine.
East Flanders
The Brothers of Charity built a new institution and school complex in Zwijnaarde around 1830, specifically with the Medical Pedagogical Institute Sint-Jozef.
Flemish Brabant
A new concrete water tower was erected in 1984 in a Flemish Brabant village near Halle.
Zeeland
Of the more than 260 water towers that have appeared in the Dutch landscape since 1856, 175 remain, including the water tower in Axel in Zeeland.
Berlin
A stone's throw from Ostbahnhof station in the German capital, Berlin, you will come across this brick water tower from 1880.
Berlin
A 50-meter-high water tower rises from the ground between the former Tempelhof railway yard tracks in Berlin. With a capacity of 400 cubic meters of water, he could supply ten steam locomotives with the snap of a finger.
Berlin
Barely a quarter of a century after constructing the Anhalter Bahn railway depot, the water reservoir was no longer sufficient to supply the larger and more powerful steam locomotives. That is why a completely new water tower was erected in 1908.
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