The remains of a Pegelturm, or water-level tower, lie at the foot of the cliffs of Cape Arkona on the German island of Rügen.
The remains of a Pegelturm, or water-level tower, lie at the foot of the cliffs of Cape Arkona on the German island of Rügen.
The Eede-Aardenburg air watchtower is one of the 276 lookout posts built in the Netherlands during the Cold War.
At the beginning of October 1944, the British Air Force bombed the sea dike at Ritthem in the Netherlands. The aim was to flood Walcheren and force away the German army.
A reinforced concrete headframe is all that remains of the Dutemple coal mine that operated for almost two centuries.
The metal headframe and extraction machine of the Vieux 2 coal mine in Marles-les-Mines is the only remaining headframe preserved in the Béthune-Bruay region.
In 1847, the coal and steel industry in the German Ruhr area reached cruising speed as industrialist Franz Haniel erected a coal mine in Essen.
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