Cagliari Port Silo
At the time of writing, the Cagliari silo is under demolition. Built-in 1973, the grain silo has been an iconic landmark of Sardinia’s primary town…
Last Exit
Navajo Generating Station
A triple fraud. The leasing, the compensation, the ending. The story of the Navajo Generating Station is also the story of the Native Americans tricky…
Kelenföld
Hidden in Budapest’s 9th district lies the Kelenföld Power Station. Built in 1912, after few years it became Hungary’s largest coal power plant and one…
East Perth
The abandoned East Perth Power Station is one of Australia’s most significant industrial heritage buildings due to its unique assortment of machinery and equipment that…
Monteponi
Located in the outskirts of Iglesias (Sardinia, Italy), the Monteponi site has a unique place in the history of Italian mining activity. The operation began…
Meiderich
Built in 1901, Meiderich Ironworks was a coal and steel production plant that operated until 1985. The site followed the typical curve of any coal…
White Bay
White Bay is a significant item of industrial heritage associated with the evolving pattern of power generation in NSW and Australia. It is characteristic of…
São Domingos
The São Domingos Mine is an abandoned open-pit mine in Alentejo’s Corte do Pinto, the first place in Portugal to have electric lighting. The Romans mined in the São Domingos area…
Dallol
Dallol is a village located in the Danakil Desert, northern Ethiopia. Known as the hottest place year-round on Earth, Dallol holds the official record for…
Cockatoo Island
Located in Sydney Harbour, Australia, Cockatoo Island, between 1839 and 1869, operated as a convict penal establishment, for convicts who had re-offended in the colonies….
Humberstone and Santa Laura
Two former saltpeter refineries located in northern Chile, in the Atacama Desert. Founded in 1872, the Saltpeter works and the towns constructed around them became obsolete fifty years later, after two…
Nuttallburg
Nuttallburg, West Virginia, USA, owes its name to English entrepreneur John Nuttall, who saw a golden opportunity in the coal-rich New River gorge and began…
Bois du Cazier
The history of the Bois du Cazier coal mining site dates back to a 1822 concession, in which a transcription error caused the name of…