Abandoned Industrial Landscapes

Images showcase abandoned industrial sites with metal structures, chimneys, and historical factories under blue or cloudy skies.

England, London, Docklands, old cargo cranes

Smokestacks at coal mine in Silesia Poland against blue sky

Gelsenkirchen, former Nordstern colliery

Germany, Ruhr area, Gelsenkirchen, disused coal mine Consolidation, defocused

Coking plant, Unesco world heritage site Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, Germany, Europe

Coal mine industrial complex in Silesia Poland with mining tower

Coke Ovens Reflected In The Pool Of The Zollverein Coking Plant, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Blast furnace of Huettenwerke Krupp Mannesmann, HKM, Rhine, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Phoenix West blast furnace plant, Phoenixpark, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Powers Station. Historic Technical Museum Peenemunde. Germany, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Former Phoenix blast furnace complex, innovative technology and service industries, Hoerde, Dortmund, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Conveyor belt quarrying machinery now disused, Hills quarry, clan, Wiltshire, England, UK

Industrial plant with winding tower in front of a cloudy sky, winding tower of a disused colliery in the green Ruhr area, Herten, Germany, Europe

Mohr crane in the Prussian harbour on the Datteln-Hamm canal, Luenen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

A picture of the Lower Vítkovice industrial complex focused on the Blast Furnace Towers

IJmuiden, die Niederlande. 29. März 2025. Die Verschmutzung des Stahlwerks in IJmuiden, Niederlande IJmuiden, die Niederlande. 29. März 2025. Die Verschmutzung des Stahlwerks in IJmuiden, Niederlande LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/BertxDexBoerx 23171113

Gelsenkirchen, former Nordstern colliery

Europe, Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia. Duisburg. Landscaped park Duisburg North: Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, built on an industrial wasteland in the Meiderich-Beeck district

Coking plant, Unesco world heritage site Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, Germany, Europe

zollverein coal mine industrial complex overall industrial around the zollverein

Nordstern Colliery (until 1993) at Gelsenkirchen-Horst, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Historic Junction Mine, Broken Hill, Outback, New South Wales, Australia

LWL-industrial museum Zeche Zollern, Dortmund-Bövinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Unesco world heritage site Voelklingen Ironworks, Saarland, Germany, Europe

zollverein coal mine industrial complex overall industrial around the zollverein

Steel mill

Old brick factory chimney

Industrie am Main Industrie am Main LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/VolkerxRauchx 23266529

World heritage Zeche Zollverein in Essen, Doppelbock pithead of shaft 12, Ruhrmuseum in the building of the former coal washer, drone recording, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ruhr Basin, Dortmund. LWL Industrial Museum, Zollern Colliery.

Dortmund, Westphalian Industrial Museum, Zollern II/IV Colliery

Rafinery long exhaust tower scene

view from the Alsumer Hill of the industry in Duisburg

An old gravel quarry. Mining and quarrying equipment. Granite gravel stone open pit mining

A picture of the Lower Vítkovice industrial complex, with the Bolt Tower in the upper left corner, the Blast Furnace Pipes in the center, and the colorful Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21U on the lower right corner

Power plant of the Mainova AG, electric power station at the Westhafen, Gutleutviertel quarter, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Haniel slagheap, view of Prosper-Haniel colliery, Bottrop, Ruhr region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Génelard, factory for mining equipment MATERIEL DE MINES, Art Deco facing wall from around 1930 to cover 19th century factory buildings

UNESCO World Heritage Site, Zeche Zollverein, view on headframe shaft 1, on the left double shaft 12, right the coking plant, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Headframe or winding tower, German Mining Museum, Bochum, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Granaries, workshops and warehouses in the harbour area at the outer harbour, Husum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Industrial plant with a high metal winding tower, surrounded by green nature and under a partly cloudy sky, winding tower of a disused colliery in the green Ruhr area, Herten, Germany, Europe

Bad Salzelmen

zollverein coal mine industrial complex overall industrial around the zollverein

UNESCO World Heritage Site, Zeche Zollverein, view on headframe shaft 1, on the left double shaft 12, right the coking plant, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aviles, factory

Germany, Bavaria, industrial attachment

USA, Alabama, Birmingham. Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, late 19th to mid 20th century blast furnace, Birmingham was once a national iron making center.

Disused industrial site, Route Industriekultur, Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park, formerly Meiderich Ironworks, Duisburg, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Fallow industrial building old factory. The system looks like a symbol of the decline of industry. Everywhere there is rust, even rust holes, and the bare trees conquer the terrain.

The F60 overburden conveyor bridge visitor mine is located on Bergheider See near the village of Lichterfeld in the district of Elbe-Elster in southern Brandenburg. The F60 overburden conveyor bridge on display here was used from 1991 to 1992 in the Klettwitz-Nord open-cast lignite mine near Klettwitz

England, Cornwall, Redruth, East Pool Mine

Former Nordstern Colliery, Nordsternpark, Route of Industrial Heritage, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Rusty machine part from an iron and steel works, open-air area of the Rhine Industrial Museum, bus and railway station Neue Mitte Oberhausen, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Overburden conveyor bridge F60

The more than 800-year-old Muldenhütten smelter site. The still existing, historical and heritage-protected smelter buildings as well as their partially preserved technical facilities make the site one of the oldest still existing sites of non-ferrous metallurgy in Germany, 19th Day of the Mining and Metallurgy Show Plants in the District of Central Saxony, Muldenhütten, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Blick auf ein Bergwerk bei Wettelrode im Harz A view of a mine in Wettelrode near Sangerhausen in the Harz Mountains LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/AndreasxVölkelx 23289862

BRISTOL, UK - MAY 13 : View of an Electric Crane by the River Avon in Bristol on May 13, 2019. Four unidentified people

In the closed and uninhabitable 30-kilometre zone around the Chernobyl power plant and the workers' settlement of Pripyat, the accident reactor of the nuclear power plant, Ukraine, Europe

Crane Bridge And Power Station. Historic Technical Museum Peenemunde. Germany, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

US, WA, Seattle. Gas Works Park on Lake Union reclaimed from coal gasification plant. Popular destination for exercise, picnicking, festivals, political rallies. Queen of Seattle is steam powered paddle wheel boat providing day cruises on Lake Union, entertainment and meals.

Chemnitz Saxon Industry Museum

Pithead, Zollverein Colliery, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Old Vacant Factory with Smoke Stacks

Germany, Greater Saarland Region, Völklingen, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site Völklingen Ironworks, industrial monument

Hasard Colliery, Cheratte 10, coal mine, Lost Place, Cheratte, Vise, Liege, Wallonia, Belgium, Europe

Roland Mills United in Recklinghausen, Mill Group Grain Mills, Recklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

The F60 overburden conveyor bridge visitor mine is located on Bergheider See near the village of Lichterfeld in the district of Elbe-Elster in southern Brandenburg. The F60 overburden conveyor bridge on display here was used from 1991 to 1992 in the Klettwitz-Nord open-cast lignite mine near Klettwitz

Canada, British Columbia, Nanaimo. A sawmill and lumber yard.

Aussenbekohlung fuer das Steinkohlekraftwerk der STEAG am Rhein-Herne-Kanal , Deutschland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ruhrgebiet, Herne External coaling for STEAG s hard coal-fired power station on the Rhine-Herne Canal , Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr Area, Herne BLWS710692 *** External carburizing for the Hard coal-fired power station the STEAG on Rhine Herne Channel , Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr area, Herne External coaling for STEAG S Hard Coal FIRED Power Station ON The Rhine Herne Canal , Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr Area, Herne BLWS710692 Copyright: xblickwinkel/S.xZiesex

Industrial factory in Duisburg, Germany. Industrial factory in Duisburg, Germany. Public park Landschaftspark, landmark and tourist attraction. Copyright: xZoonar.com/NIKOLAYxOKHITINx 15093201

Kamen, Monopol colliery

Industrial factory in Duisburg, Germany. Industrial factory in Duisburg, Germany. Public park Landschaftspark, landmark and tourist attraction. Copyright: xZoonar.com/NIKOLAYxOKHITINx 14869864

Chemical factory along the Rhine River, Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Helsinki, Finland April 11, 2025 A man walks under cranes at the old Helsinki shipyard on Sjomansgatan in the Munkholmen, or Munkkisaari district.

Monument with bucket wheel from opencast lignite mining, Welzow, Spree-Neisse, Niederlausitz, Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

USA, Pennsylvania, Rankin. Old buildings and blast stove at the Carrie Furnaces (Editorial Use Only) (Large format sizes available)

Pit frame of the Hansa colliery in Dortmund, today an industrial estate, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Shaft 12 In The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

factory of Karl Fink GmbH in district Kaindorf an der Sulm Leibnitz Süd-Steiermark Steiermark, Styria Austria

Briquette factory Witznitz

Chemnitz Saxon Industry Museum

Flowers in the Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord, the area of the formerly steel mill, Meidrich, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duisburg. Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, public park designed to heal and understand the industrial past.

Shaft 12 In The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Europe, Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bochum, German Mining Museum in Bochum

Covestro Germany at Brunsbuettel Industrial Park

Combined Heat and Power Plant, Seesener Strasse, Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Saxon Industrial Museum, Knappenrode Energy Factory

Detailed view of an old winding tower and an industrial building in the midst of a green environment, mining tower of a disused colliery in the green Ruhr area, Herten, Germany, Europe

Salzgitter AG steelworks. Salzgitter AG, Avacon and Lime tree launch the operation of industrial hydrogen production based on electricity from wind power. With the operation of the Wind Hydrogen Salzgitter - WindH2 project, green hydrogen will be produced on the site of the steelworks in future, 12.04.2022

Former Thyssen AG smelting works, circular clarifier and blast furnace plant with light installation by Jonathan Park

Zeche Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Shaft 12 Essen Ruhr area North Rhine-Westphalia, North Rhine Germany

A factory building

zollverein coal mine industrial complex overall industrial around the zollverein

Shunter in a grain warehouse, Gent, Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Old technology in Magdeburg harbour

Winding tower, shaft 12 in the evening, colliery Zeche Zollverein, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, Essen -Katernberg, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial photo, opening ceremony of Ruhr2010, European Capital of Culture, Essen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Port Talbot, Port Talbot, United Kingdom. Architect: Various, 2014. Houses with washing hanging and steelworks in background.

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