@Qurator's Photo Quest for this week is Abandoned Places, so here is my entry post. I'm going to show you an abandoned site in Namur Province, Belgium.
This place is in Wallonia, where the Industrial Revolution gained a foothold on the European continent after England. From the early 19th century until about 1880, Wallonia was the world's second industrial power in proportion to its territory and population.
This region is rich in minerals, and Namur is a major industrial centre during the period. At this abandoned site, you can see the machines and gears for processes such as sorting, transporting and cutting stones. I could still smell the rusty metal and machine oil walking around here. I'm not sure how to call this abandoned site. Is "stone quarry" the right name?
这次展示的地方是比利时南部的一处废弃石场，是在路边偶然看到的。这块地区盛产矿石和木材，在工业革命时期曾是继英国之后的欧洲大陆领头羊，后来渐渐没落，被北边的荷兰语区所赶超。又是一个“三十年河东，三十年河西”的故事。如今在这些老旧机器间走动的时候，还能闻到锈铁和机油的气味。
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