Duisburg Meiderich Ironworks
1901 - Park
Overview
Thyssen blast furnaces shut down in 1985 and reborn as Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, the flagship of Ruhr industrial heritage. Divers descend in the old gasometer, climbers scale ore bunker walls, and night lighting turns the furnace towers into sculpture.
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