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Industrial

Quabbin Reservoir

Ware, Massachusetts

Quabbin Reservoir

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.

Sandwich, Massachusetts

Sandwich Glass Museum

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

Kennal Vale Gunpowder Works

Ponsanooth, England

Kennall Vale Gunpowder Works

A sturdy relic of Britain's once crucial gunpowder industry is now a haunting Cornish ruin.

Permanently Closed

The Huber breaker today.

Ashley, Pennsylvania

Huber Breaker

This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.

Endor Iron Furnace

Sanford, North Carolina

Endor Iron Furnace

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

S.S. William A. Irvin

Duluth, Minnesota

S.S. William A. Irvin

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord

Duisburg, Germany

Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord

This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.

Permanently Closed

Coalinga, California

Iron Zoo

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

Super Fun Superfund: Canoeing on the Gowanus Canal

Hannah Frishberg December 5, 2013

Battersea Power Staion

London, England

Battersea Power Station

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

The Becket Land Trust Historic Quarry and Forest

Becket, Massachusetts

Becket Land Trust Historic Quarry and Forest

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

Crossness Pumping Station

London, England

Crossness Pumping Station

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

Völklingen, Germany

Volklinger Ironworks

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

Zollverein

The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.

Isle of Anglesey, Wales

Parys Mountain

The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.

Gräfenhainichen, Germany

Ferropolis

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

Cascate del Serio

Pianlivere, Italy

Cascate del Serio

The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.