Caption

Ferropolis, the city of iron, consists of five old bucket-wheel and bucket-chain excavators. They are located on a peninsula in Lake Gremlin. Lignite was mined here until 1991. Ferropolis is now a museum of industrial history, Gräfenhainichen, 11.06.2015., Gräfenhainichen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

Jun 11, 2015

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Eckel

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BRK24H44_482

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No

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No

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Rights managed

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40,4Mb (2,3Mb) / 15,4in x 10,2in / 4605 x 3070 (300dpi)

Keywords

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