The burgeoning industrial revolution and a rapidly expanding railway network during the 19th century put thousands of folk within reach of the canals, ponds and flooded quarry pits that were by-products of industry.

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Another site making use of Berlin's industrial past is the Suedgelaende Nature Park, an old railway switchyard abandoned in the 1950s.

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She also worked with a designer, Kathryn Sykora, to find antique pieces that were both decorative and functional, such as a 1930s industrial mail sorter from Paris that displays knickknacks and organizes fliers and a vintage Belgian railway sign that's been converted into a foyer table.

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The Kielder Water and Forest Park Development Trust will use its grant for a six-month project focussing on the social and industrial heritage surrounding the viaduct, which was built in 1862 to carry the Border Counties Railway over the North Tyne River.

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The Company also involves in industrial installation, steel structure, the production of concrete, building decoration, landscape construction, railway construction and electric power businesses, among others.

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