In the silos of the blast furnace Terre Rouge, iron ore and lime was stored, mixed and then burned in the blast furnaces. The gases were used to power the nearby thermal power plant "Central Thermique", which was built in 1951 and closed in 1997. The power plant is currently being demolished.
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This was the final stop on our day trip round Belgium, and one i'd been looking forward to seeing for a while now due to such a beautiful exterior. Was another chilled explore and nothing interesting really happened. Made the last of a lovely, sunny day and left as the sun set and...
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Terres Rouge was just a part of a massive, sprawling series of industrial facilities which once dominated a small city in Luxembourg, this portion appears to have been some sort of mega cement works, as there is cement dust absolutely EVERYWHERE and everything that you wear and own will get...