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Gas Blower in Blower Hall
Years of construction: 1900 to 1938
In operation: 85 years until the works were shut down
1900 saw the beginning of the construction of a new blower hall for four large gas blowers. These machines, which were state-of-the-art at the time, allowed the gas produced in large quantities by the blast furnaces to be effectively reused.

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The Völklinger Hütte

The world's only fully preserved ironworks from the heyday of industrialisation, and is also the first industrial monument of this era to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Visitors will find it a highly exciting and fascinating place where past, present and future meet in a variety of ways.
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