Legacy of Industrial Sites

Images showcasing disused industrial machinery and structures, emphasizing the transformation of former industrial areas into public spaces and landmarks.

Gigantic excavator in the disused Ferropolis open-cast lignite mine

Detail of an old excavator in the disused Ferropolis open-cast lignite mine

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

Blast furnace, Haut Fourneau B, Liege, Belgium, Europe

Blast furnace, former steel mill, location for technology and service, Phoenix West, Hoerde, Dortmund, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Detail of a gigantic excavator in the disused Ferropolis open-cast lignite mine

Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, late 19th to mid 20th century blast furnace, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Hoist frames, Westphalia coal mine, closed Coal Mine, Ahlen, Muensterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Spain - Conveyor belts at the Rio Tinto mines near the town of Minas de Riotinto. Province of Huelva, Andalucia, Spain.

Trinec, center of heavy industry, Moravian-Silesia, Czech Republic

Gigantic excavator in the disused Ferropolis open-cast lignite mine

A complex CONVEYER BELT SYSTEM sorts and delivers ROCK PRODUCTS at GRANITEROCK QUARRY COMPANY - AROMAS, CALIFORNIA

Winderhitzer with chimney of a Lorraine ironworks against a blue sky

Old lignite excavators in Ferropolis, the city of steel and iron, Graefenhainichen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

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

Large metal structures and chimneys of an industrial building under a blue sky, Essen, Ruhr area, Germany, Europe

Ferropolis is an industrial museum and event venue in Gräfenhainichen, east of Dessau-Roßlau, on a peninsula in Lake Gremmin, the former Golpa-Nord open-cast mine. Ferropolis is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Culture

Former Thyssen AG steelworks, view from blast furnace 5

Solvay chemical plant for the production of bicarbonate and carbonate of soda or sodium carbonate, Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est region, France, Europe

Detail of an old excavator in the disused Ferropolis open-cast lignite mine

Lignite Excavator Giants at the Ferropolis Industrial Heritage Open-Air Museum, Graefenhainichen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

After the ore is weighed in the 'Hewlett' i.e. 'Hulett' machine it is dropped in the waiting hopper cars below; Pennsylvania R.R. iron ore docks, Cleveland, Ohio May 1943.

Oil Sands Northern Alberta Canada

Ferropolis is an industrial museum and event venue in Gräfenhainichen, east of Dessau-Roßlau, on a peninsula in Lake Gremmin, the former Golpa-Nord open-cast mine. Ferropolis is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Culture

Birmingham, Alabama, The No. 1 blast furnace at Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark. The furnaces made pig iron from 1882 to 1971. The facility is now open to the public.

Saxon Railway Museum Chemnitz, Coaling Plant

New Zealand, North Island, Wellington, port cranes

Coal excavator in a disused open-cast lignite mine

Höben Eisenwerk The foundry systems and blast furnaces of the former ironworks in Neunkirchen.

Detail of a gigantic excavator in the disused Ferropolis open-cast lignite mine

Overburden conveyor bridge F 60, length 502m, height 75m, built 1989-1991, today a visitor mine, general view from the north

Gravel and aggregate machinery in docklands near Greenwich Collection of sand and aggregate gravel in Angerstein Wharf near Greenwich in London Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevenxHeapx 13777523

Blast furnace, Haut Fourneau B, Liege, Belgium, Europe

Former Thyssen AG steelworks, blast furnace 5

Hoist frames, Westphalia coal mine, closed Coal Mine, Ahlen, Muensterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

A picture of the Lower Vítkovice industrial complex focused on the Bolt Tower and the Blast Furnace Pipes

Crane in Stuttgart Harbour, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Buildings of a sand and gravel pit, Hersel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Copenhagen, Denmark, January 06, 2022: THEKRANE, a former coal crane converted into an exclusive hotel, spa, meeting and event space, Europe

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

Boom with conveyor belt and huge bucket wheel, excavator, bucket wheel excavator 1473 SRs 1500, 258, Blaues Wunder, industrial monument, lost place, Schipkau, Hoerlitz, Brandenburg

Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Dortmund-Hoerde, Phoenix West, abandoned blast furnace steelmill

Boom with spoil conveyor belt, excavator, bucket wheel excavator 1473 SRs 1500, 258, Blaues Wunder, industrial monument, lost place, Schipkau, Hoerlitz, Brandenburg

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

Group on the skywalk with a view of the blast furnaces, former Phoenix West industrial plant, Dortmund, Ruhr region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Solvay chemical plant for the production of bicarbonate and carbonate of soda or sodium carbonate, Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est region, France, Europe

Former Thyssen AG steelworks, blast furnaces

Germany, Saarland, Völklingen, Völklingen Ironworks

TAKRAF GmbH, Germany made Bucket Wheel Excavators, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited NLC in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Mine shaft lift against clear blue sky.

Ferropolis is an industrial museum and event venue in Gräfenhainichen, east of Dessau-Roßlau, on a peninsula in Lake Gremmin, the former Golpa-Nord open-cast mine. Ferropolis is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Culture

Industrial structure with rusty metal components and complex moulds, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Zeche Zollverein in Essen Zeche Zollverein in Essen

Ferropolis is an industrial museum and event venue in Gräfenhainichen, east of Dessau-Roßlau, on a peninsula in Lake Gremmin, the former Golpa-Nord open-cast mine. Ferropolis is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Culture

Coke Furnaces And Sun Wheel At The Zollverein Coking Plant, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

England, London, Docklands, old cargo cranes

Völklingen, Old Ironworks

An industrial crane stands in front of modern buildings under a clear sky, small harbour in a big city with a lighthouse and modern houses, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- - Launch Umbilical Tower No. 1 (LUT-1) stored in the Industrial Area of KSC is being demolished with a Caterpillar excavator and 48-inch shear attachment. Seen is the base of tower; the upright tower extended more than 398 feet above the launch pad. The LUT-1 was part of the launch system used for Apollo-Saturn V, launching Apollo 8, Apollo 11, Skylab manned missions and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. The shear is one used in the deconstruction of the Twin Towers in New York City after 9/11.

Bulk Dock at Sunset Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Old lignite excavators in Ferropolis, the city of steel and iron, Graefenhainichen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

In the landscape park Duisburg North

Visitor mine overburden conveyor bridge F60, mine, overburden excavator, lignite excavator, excavator, Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf, Elbe-Elster county, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Boom with conveyor belt and huge bucket wheel, excavator, bucket wheel excavator 1473 SRs 1500, 258, Blaues Wunder, industrial monument, lost place, Schipkau, Hoerlitz, Brandenburg

Heinrichshuette steel works, Hattingen, Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Ore handling plant which crushes and mixes the iron ore until the correct blend is produced, the iron ore is then moved by conveyor belts to storage facilities prior to transport, ion ore is currently Australia's largest export earner and the mines of the Pilbara operate around the clock every day of the year, Newman, Pilbara region, Western Australia,6/2/2011

Stadtteilpark Gneisenau mit den beiden Foerdergeruesten am fruehen Morgen, Deutschland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ruhrgebiet, Dortmund the Gneisenau neighbourhood park with the two head gears in the early morning, Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr Area, Dortmund BLWS710627 *** District Park Gneisenau with the both Foerdergeruesten on early Tomorrow, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr area, Dortmund The Gneisenau Neighbourhood Park With The Two Head Gears in The Early morning, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr Area, Dortmund BLWS710627 Copyright: xblickwinkel/S.xZiesex

Old cranes in the Port of Kisangani, DR Congo

cement plant, madhya pradesh, india Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Detail of the blast furnaces at Volklinger Hutte (Volklingen Ironworks), Volklingen, Germany

Zeche Zollverein in Essen Zeche Zollverein in Essen

Boom with conveyor belt and huge bucket wheel, excavator, bucket wheel excavator 1473 SRs 1500, 258, Blaues Wunder, industrial monument, lost place, Schipkau, Hoerlitz, Brandenburg

Silhouette of fuel storage tanks, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

A conveyor belt dumping dirt at a construction site.

Open pit. Opencast brown coal mine. Bucket wheel excavator. Extractive industry.

Giant bucket wheel, excavator, bucket wheel excavator 1473 SRs 1500, 258, Blue Wonder, industrial monument, lost place, Schipkau, Hoerlitz, Brandenburg

Pollution rising from smokestack of concrete processing plant

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

Lignite excavator, opencast lignite mining, RWE, Garzweiler, Juchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Ferropolis is an industrial museum and event venue in Gräfenhainichen, east of Dessau-Roßlau, on a peninsula in Lake Gremmin, the former Golpa-Nord open-cast mine. Ferropolis is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Culture

Drilling rig against a clear blue sky.

Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine, Europe

Industrial production of steel and metal. Troofing system in Charleroi, Belgium. Drone photos from the air. Industrial production of steel and metal. Troofing system in Charleroi, Belgium. Drone photos from the air.

Overburden conveyor bridge F60

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Blast furnaces of Volklinger Hutte (Volklingen Ironworks), Volklingen, Germany

Germany, Saarland, Völklingen, Völklingen Ironworks

Blast furnace, Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe, Route of Industrial Heritage, LWL Industrial Museum Henrichshuette, Hattingen, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Bucket-wheel excavator wheel excavator in a disused open-cast lignite mine

Coal excavator in a disused open-cast lignite mine

Industrial monument Thyssen Hochofenwerk Eisenhuette Meiderich, Thyssen Ironworks Meiderich, Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, bathed in neon light, HDR photograph, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

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

Cement Plant , Chandrapur , Maharashtra , India

Railway Tracks With A Grain Elevator In The Distance, With Blue Sky And Hazy Clouds Above; Caresland, Alberta, Canada

Headframe, German Mining Museum, Bochum, Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Former Thyssen AG steelworks, blast furnaces

Close up view of remains of historic Gold Dredge No 3 in fall, Steese Highway, Alaska

Old gantry crane in river port. Empty railway cars waiting for loading. Sunny day, blue sky, clear river waters. Logistics, freight, cargo, shipment, vintage industrial machinery

magna, science adventure centre landscape view of exterior

SATURN S-1B STAGE (SA-T) WITH PROPULSION AND STRUCTURAL TEST FACILITY (BUILDING 4572) IN BACKGROUND

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