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port
thumb|The Port of New York and New Jersey, U.S., grew from the original harbor at the convergence of the Hudson River and the [[East River at the Upper New York Bay.]] A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Hamburg, Manchester and Duluth; these access the sea via rivers or canals. Because of their roles as ports of entry for immigrants as well as soldiers in wartime, many port cities have experienced dramat
factory
thumb|250px|Volkswagen factory in [[Wolfsburg, Germany]]
windmill
thumb|Windmill in Sønderho, Fanø, Denmark. Dutch type, built in 1895.
blast furnace
type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals
harbor
thumb|New York Harbor and the Hudson River in the foreground; the [[East River in the background]] thumb|The Port of Jebel Ali|Jebel Ali harbor is the largest man-made harbor in the world. alt=A panoramic view of Carry-le-Rouet harbour in France, showing rows of docked boats and yachts surrounded by seaside buildings and palm-lined streets under a clear sky.|thumb|Carry Le Rouet harbour in France thumb|Port of Montevideo|Montevideo's natural harbor is clearly seen from above. thumb|Capri harbor, Italy seen from [[Anacapri]] thumb|Koyilandy Harbour, [[Kerala, India]]
paper mill
a mill (factory) that produces paper
sugar refinery
agrifood craftwork or factory, which processes sugar beet, cane or natural sweetened sirups, in order to produce raw sugar, or to refine it into white sugar or ethanol
refinery
thumb|upright=1.35|Shell Haven Oil Refinery A refinery is a production facility composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value.
foundry
thumb|300px|The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, by [[Peder Severin Krøyer, 1885]] thumbnail|A Foundryman, pictured by Daniel A. Wehrschmidt in 1899 A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings. Metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal into a mold, and removing the mold material after the metal has solidified as it cools. The most common metals processed are aluminium and cast iron. However, other metals, such as bronze, brass, steel, magnesium, and zinc, are also used to produce castings in foundries. In this process, parts of desired shapes and size
cotton mill
factory housing powered spinning machinery for the production of yarn
gasworks
thumb|250px|Municipal gasworks in Poznań that produced coal gas between 1856 and 1973. Currently used for distribution of [[natural gas.]] thumb|250px|Disused gasworks that has become a Gas Works Park|public park located at in [[Seattle, Washington.]] A gasworks or gas house is fundamentally a scalable (by output quantity) flammable Gas Producer/generator whose size depends on the scale of the gas distribution system it supports.
industrial architecture
type of architecture
weigh station
highway checkpoint to inspect vehicular weights