De Waalse Krook

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This peninsula at the Grote Huidevettershoek, partly surrounded by the River Scheldt and the Ketelvaart, was the ideal place for mediaeval tanners to set up their workshops. Later on several textile factories moved in, along with Louis Roelandt’s gas factory (1824). Roelandt persuaded Ghent city council to switch to gas to light the streets and public buildings. The gas was distilled from oil and coal, in a process that released all kinds of hazardous substances. The ammonia fumes caused a very unpleasant smell. A nearby brewer regularly complained to the city council – probably with good reason – about noxious odours and the pollution of his well water.

More than 100 years after the closure of the gas factory (1881), the seriously polluted soil has now been decontaminated. Today De Krook houses laboratories, offices and the new city library.

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Source: Museum of Industry

Industriemuseum

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