Abandoned powerplant (Transfo) Belgium Oct 2008 (urbex lost places België industrial ruin industry)

A urban exploring video form an abandoned power plant in Belgium. Music: Hush by Kevin MacLeod Link: License: Some history: ‘Transfo Zwevegem’ was an abandoned power plant. It started as the ‘Société de l’Electricité de l’Oest de la Belgique’ in 1911. Today it has a social-cultural use. On April 4, 1911, the city council of Zwevegem approved the construction of a coal-fired power plant along the Bossuit-Kortrijk Canal. A few years later, in 1913, the first steam boilers were taken into use. Between the two world wars, Transfo Zwevegem underwent several expansions and modernization works. The plant produced 56 thousand kW shortly after the Second World War. Meanwhile in 1946, steam production was started. Steam This 9 hectare site is a good example of how a power station looked like a century ago. The plant was used for 90 years. Eventually most of the production was taken over by the Ruien power station in 1958. D