Industrial Sites Along Waterways

A collection of industrial landscapes featuring factories, power plants, and waterways. Captures a mix of steelworks, production facilities, and scenic riversides.

View over the western Ruhr area, from Oberhausen to Duisburg, the Emscher, A42 motorway, ThyssenKrupp steel plant, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Aluminum Bulk Handling Station Blyth England

Aerial view of sea port infrastructure

Rotor blades for wind turbines lie in the industrial harbour, Emden, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Overlook over the Unesco world heritage site Voelklingen Ironworks, Saarland, Germany, Europe

VW Wolfsburg plant, Mittellandkanal, Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Aerial view of industrial buildings with a tall red and white chimney casting a shadow over the snow-dusted landscape, Sremska Mitrovica, Vojvodina, Serbia.

Kruemmel Nuclear Power Plant, Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Aerial view of the Volkswagen plant and canal, Autostadt Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

Aerial view, Schacht Westfalen mine in Heessen, demolition, Ahlen, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, Development project former general cargo station, main station Wanne-Eickel, track systems, tub Eickel, Herne, Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, Port of Duisburg on the Rhine, logistics location Logport 1, container port, Rheinhausen, Duisburg, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Austerngruben einer Austernzucht in Yerseke, Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, Niederlande Oyster wells of oyster farm in Yerseke, Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, Netherlands LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/cxJeannettexTasx 23174322

Aerial view, Port of Duisburg on the Rhine, logistics location Logport 1, container port, Rheinhausen, Duisburg, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial View Of A Grain Elevator In Talbot County; Wye Mills, Maryland, United States Of America

Kaeserei Champignon Hofmeister GmbH & Co. KG in Heising near Kempten, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, drone photo: Industrial monument decommissioned lignite-fired power plant Plessa with two chimneys and cooling towers, Plessa, Brandenburg Germany

View of Alt-Homberg and the industrial plants of Thyssen-Krupp and Sachtleben Chemie from the A40 motorway

Aerial view, Industrial area Phoenix-West, industrial park, former steel works Hoesch Dortmund, Amprion, technology park Dortmund, Hacheney, Dortmund, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, barrage of River Ems at Rheine

Iqony district heating storage system in Gelsenkirchen, the heat buffer tank has a volume of approx. 31 million liters of water, a heat capacity of around 1, 050 MWh and can supply the local district heating network with its contents for about a weekend, it is located at the Iqony heating plant in GE-Schalke, the hot water for the district heating network is temporarily stored here, it is one of the largest buffer tanks in Germany, 57 meters high and 28 meters high in diameter, it is currently running in trial operation and should go into regular operation at the beginning of 2026, part of the network of Ruhr district heating rail

Sewage works

Historic Rothensee ship lift from 1938 in the north of the city of Magdeburg

Aerial view, site of the former Victoria colliery, construction site and renovation for a Victoria landscape park for the IGA garden exhibition 2027, new forensics clinic, Lünen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, old coal mine Victoria, construction area, building land, building plots, construction project, construction site, mine, DE, Europe, forensics, healthcare, large construction site, hospital, clinic, hospital, clinic, hospital, Hospital, Aerial View, Aerial Photography, Aerial Photography, Medical Facility, Medical Aid, New Building, Point of interest, overview, bird's eye view, colliery, birds-eyes view, overview, medical care

Immingham, United Kingdom - 15 March 2026: Aerial view of the port, where the Humber Estuary meets the industrial landscape, a stark contrast of dark coal against the bright sky.

Le Havre, or elsewhere. Series on the city of Le Havre celebrating its 500th anniversary this year. Many festivities are organized even if the context is not very favorable because the port, gradually losing ground compared to its competitors in northern Europe, is likely to be gently stripped of the striped map. Le Havre, ou ailleurs. Série sur la ville du Havre qui fête ses 500 ans cette année. De nombreuses festivités sont organisées même si le contexte y est peu propice car le port, perdant peu à peu du terrain par rapport à ses concurrents du Nord de lEurope, risque dêtre doucement rayé de la rayé de la carte.

View of the oil port of Stuttgart at Nordkai, in the background Stuttgart-Wangen, tank farm, fuel tanks, Stuttgart-Untertuerkheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Grain Depot Filling A Barge on the Illinois River.

Aerial view, construction site with new regatta track for new regatta stand at Lake Baldeney, Bredeney, Essen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Wuppertal suspension railway, steel scaffolding, ÖPNV, valley of the Wupper, Wuppertal, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Aerial view, buildings of the Schering AG, a German pharmaceutical company, Bergkamen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Riverside industrial buildings of large sugar processing factory on the River Yare at Cantley, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Aerial view of highways and high voltage metal post in the industrial estate. Electricity tower. Top view of green trees in forest landscape in Taichung Downtown, urban city, Taiwan.

Paper factory of Arnsberg, RenoDeMedici Arnsberg GmbH, Arnsberg, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

View of the Alcan aluminum factory, Singen am Hohentwiel, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt, Gutleutviertel, Westhafen, Cogeneration plant in the evening

Industrial area with technical structures, old towers and urban background, trelleborg, sweden, baltic sea, scandinavia

Autobahnbrücke and industrial area in Kleinstadt Autobahnbrücke and commercial area in Kleinstadt

The Knappenrode Energy Factory is one of the four sites of the Saxon Industrial Museum. It comprises the area of the disused Knappenrode briquette factory, which is now a listed building, in Knappenrode, East Saxony, south-east of the town centre of Hoyerswerda

Lake Hengsteysee, storage power plant on the Ruhr, Koeppchenwerk, Herdecke, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial view of the Völklingen Ironworks, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Völklingen, Saar Valley, Saarland, Germany

Aerial view, Zeche Holland coal mine, technology centre, Wattenscheid, Bochum, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Großräschen city port of the charred open-cast mine Meuro

Buildings and production halls on the factory premises of Dachziegelwerke Nelskamp GmbH on Waldweg in Schermbeck in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Construction site of Germany's state-of-the-art coal power station, Walsum-10, due for completion in 2010, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

VW Moselle plant near Zwickau

Aerial of Oil Refineries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

aerial, Parrish & Heimbecker grain handling, Goderich, Ontario

Kruemmel Nuclear Power Plant during a flood, Tespe, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Stukwerkers Havenbedrijf nv, stevedoring company at the port of Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Linden cogeneration plant, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, headframe above Lerche colliery, Zeche Heinrich-Robert pit, Pelkum, Hamm, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Haniel slagheap, view towards the east, Scholven power station, Bottrop, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Factory

Scholven power plant, Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Machine room building and hydraulic boat lift no. 3 on the old Canal du Centre at Strepy-Bracquegnies near La Louviere, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Europe

Becken und Tore der neuen Schleuse in Termunterzijldiep im Dorf Termunterzijl, Eemsdelta, Groningen, Niederlande Basin and gates of new lock in Termunterzijldiep in small village of Termunterzijl, Eemsdelta, Groningen, Netherlands LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/cxJeannettexTasx 23170038

Jacobs Kroenung, coffee roasting, Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE), Chris-Gueffroy-Allee, Neukoelln, Berlin, Germany, Europe

onyx factory view from field

Construction work housing development along Wilts and Berks canal, Wichelstowe, Swindon, England, UK

Overhead crane and barges docked at the steelworks of ArcelorMittal, world's largest steel producer, port of Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Maintenance work on an Enercon wind turbine in the industrial estate in Magdeburg

Aerial Photo, water production plants, clarifiers for the Ruhr River, Ruhr Valley, Witten, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Diesbar Seusslitz Elbdampfer

Factory facilities of the belt and strap weaving mill Gueth & Wolf, Guetersloh, East Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Former Uebigau shipyard. A technical monument is a huge iron slewing crane with a lifting capacity of 30 t from 1891, built by Eisenwerk AG Hamburg as the most modern shore crane of its time. It was used to lift the heavy ship engines into the newly built ships

Aerial view, Trianel coal power plant, Luenen, Datteln-Hamm Canal, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Recycling yard of Awista Duesseldorf, collection of recyclable and hazardous materials, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Le Havre, or elsewhere. Series on the city of Le Havre celebrating its 500th anniversary this year. Many festivities are organized even if the context is not very favorable because the port, gradually losing ground compared to its competitors in northern Europe, is likely to be gently stripped of the striped map. Le Havre, ou ailleurs. Série sur la ville du Havre qui fête ses 500 ans cette année. De nombreuses festivités sont organisées même si le contexte y est peu propice car le port, perdant peu à peu du terrain par rapport à ses concurrents du Nord de lEurope, risque dêtre doucement rayé de la rayé de la carte.

Thermal Power Station Charlottenburg, Vattenfall, Kalowswerder, Berlin, Germany 1020924110

Aerial view, night, industry, Rettmann, Luenen, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Sindelfingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

River locks, Caen Hill, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

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