Steenbakkerij Scheerders van Kerchove's Verenigde Fabrieken, Industrial brickworks in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
Steenbakkerij Scheerders van Kerchove's Verenigde Fabrieken is an extensive industrial complex in Sint-Niklaas spread across multiple streets near the Antwerp-Ghent railway line. The site contains production halls, storage buildings, rail tracks, and furnaces that once manufactured bricks, tiles, and concrete products.
The complex was founded in 1905 and received one of Belgium's first Hoffmann ovens in 1906, which transformed brick manufacturing methods. These furnaces enabled more efficient production and made the operation a modern industrial facility of its era.
The facility bears the name of its founding family and shapes Sint-Niklaas's skyline as a striking industrial structure of red brick. Visitors see production buildings and storage sheds that speak to the working life once centered here.
The factory grounds form a large complex with multiple entry points and buildings from different periods. Visitors should allow plenty of time and wear comfortable shoes, as the site sprawls across a considerable area.
Two large clay dredgers from the original extraction era still sit on the grounds, reminding visitors of how raw materials were once gathered. Old railway tracks also crisscross the site, tracing the paths where material moved between different factory sections.
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