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White factory, Łódź, Poland

August 5th, 2008 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places

White Factory is the name of the building owned by Ludwik Geyer, at Piotrkowska Street 282 in Lodz.

It is a complex of classicistic buildings, one of the oldest monuments in Poland's industrial architecture. It was built in the period 1835 - 1837.

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Derna Cement Plant, Libya

July 29th, 2008 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places

Derna Cement Plant built in the 80's by Mitsubishi - Construction work - assembling perform Polimex-Cekop by many Polish construction companies. Viaduct along the route Derna and Tobruk, it is the work of Polish workers.

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Casa Perichan - hotel for staff of Perichan factory, Spain

June 14th, 2008 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places

Casa Perichan - hotel for staff of Perichan factory, in which reside exclusively Romanian and Polish women.

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Factory, Canada de Gallego, Spain

June 14th, 2008 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places

Perichan - factory packing tomatoes, cucumbers, etc. At around you can see a lot of greenhouses.

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Fort Dunlop, Birmingham, England

May 5th, 2008 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places

Fort Dunlop is the common name of the original tyre factory and head office of Dunlop Rubber in the Erdington district of Birmingham, England. It was established in 1917 and by 1954, the entire factory area employed 10,000 workers. At one time it was the world's largest factory, when it employed 3,200 workers.

Fort Dunlop is a landmark building next to the M6 motorway, near to junction 5. It is a Grade A locally listed building.

Dunlop Tyres now occupies a small part of the original factory area.

[Source: Wikipedia]

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Jaguar S-type factory, Birmingham, England

May 5th, 2008 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places

Jaguar S-type factory in Birmingham in England.

This is the major Jaguar S-type factory. The S-type model is manufactured here however the latest model released by the company will be manufactured here. In the second world war, Spitfire fighter planes were manufactured here.

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Land Rover Car Plant, Solihull, England

May 5th, 2008 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places

Land Rover Car Plant in Solihull near Birmingham in England.

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Al Shifa pharmaceutical plant, Khartoum, Sudan

April 11th, 2008 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places

Remains of Al Shifa pharmaceutical plant, destroyed by US Tomahawk missiles 20 August 1998, as site of alleged chemical weapons manufacture.

The Al-Shifa ( Arabic for "healing") pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum North, Sudan was constructed between 1992 and 1996 with components imported from the United States, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, India, and Thailand.

The industrial complex was composed of around four buildings. It was the largest pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum and employed over 300 workers, producing medicine both for human and veterinary use. The factory was used primarily for the manufacture of anti-malaria medicines and veterinary products.

[Source: Wikipedia]

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