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Iron foundry, specialized in iron sewerage pipes and mechanical castings. In 2002 a takeover took place but the factory went bankrupt one year later.

Foundry and steel works with offices in Sezession-style.

The Malmar company is specialized in metal conversion (welding, cutting and bending). The factory was built in 1947. After 50 years the area surrounding the factory became residential and the company couldn’t expand any more. They moved the activities to another part of the country and the factory became abandoned.

Welded steel tubes were manufactured in this big factory. When the major steel group moved their business to other locations, the factory became abandoned.

Steel rolling mill with an impressive steel structure hall.

Steelworks in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, dating back to 1872.

Old foundry, will soon be reconverted into a youth hostel.

Protected steel works in Germany, nowadays a park for different activities. The monumental blast furnace (n°5) was in operation untill 1985.

Barrel factory, dating back to 1900. The original building got many expansions and face-lifts over the years until it got abandoned in 2001.

Ammunition factory in Belgium.

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