Early Birthplaces

Explore the history of European blast furnaces from 1800

Plate 71 of the work “Industrial Belgium: views of industrial businesses in Belgium”, Brussels, ed. J. Géruzet, [1852] - E. Toovey, del. & lith.; imp. Simonaux & Toovey
Ecomuseum Collection, ICF archives - Scan Daniel Busseuil, Ecomuseum CCM

Business of the Cockerill company: blast furnaces, workshops, coal-mining business… in Seraing, near Liège (Belgium)

In: business description John Cockerill in Seraing, by A. Lecocq, Liège, 1854
Ecomuseum Collection, ICF archives - Scan Daniel Busseuil, Ecomuseum CCM

Extract from the “Layout of the Cockerill company in Seraing, 1854”: the different steel and iron industry buildings