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Engelsberg Ironworks (Engelsbergs bruk) - The Smelting House, Västmanland, Sweden (Unesco world heritage site)

Engelsbergs Bruk is one of Sweden's best preserved industrial heritage sites, the smelting house where pig iron was made by smelting iron ore. Today it is an idyllic park, but it was once an industrial that shrouded nature in coal dust and an acid dark brown smoke. Imagine the heat, thundering noise and sparks everywhere, as they made IRON.

 

It is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site since 1993. Engelsberg Ironworks is named after Englika. Englika, who was born in Germany, began producing iron in Engelsberg in the 14th century.

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