IndustrialBuildings..MillsWarehouses

<h2>4.1.    Mills, Warehouses</h2> Mills and Warehouses are the dominating buildings especially in harbour areas. The abandoned grain mill at Wismar harbour is an outstanding example for this kind of industrial architecture. <table cellspacing="5" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%"><a name="WisWareh05"></a><a href="IndustrialBuildings..WisWareh05_body.html" target="body"><img alt="enlarge image" hspace="10" vspace="10" border="2" src="WisWareh05_.jpg"></a></td><td valign="top" width="100%" height="100%"> <table cellspacing="5" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td><font size="5"><b>Grain Elevator</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Germany</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wismar </td> </tr> <tr> <td>2001-05-24</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <br> <table cellspacing="5" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%"><a name="WisWareh04"></a><a href="IndustrialBuildings..WisWareh04_body.html" target="body"><img alt="enlarge image" hspace="10" vspace="10" border="2" src="WisWareh04_.jpg"></a></td><td valign="top" width="100%" height="100%"> <table cellspacing="5" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td><font size="5"><b>Grain Mill</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Germany</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wismar </td> </tr> <tr> <td>2001-05-23</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <br> <table cellspacing="5" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%"><a name="WisWareh03"></a><a href="IndustrialBuildings..WisWareh03_body.html" target="body"><img alt="enlarge image" hspace="10" vspace="10" border="2" src="WisWareh03_.jpg"></a></td><td valign="top" width="100%" height="100%"> <table cellspacing="5" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td><font size="5"><b>Grain Mill</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Germany</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wismar </td> </tr> <tr> <td>2001-05-24</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <br> The old warehouses and grain silos in Stralsund awaiting to be restored to life. <table cellspacing="5" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%"><a name="StralSilo01"></a><a href="IndustrialBuildings..StralSilo01_body.html" target="body"><img alt="enlarge image" hspace="10" vspace="10" border="2" src="StralSilo01_.jpg"></a></td><td valign="top" width="100%" height="100%"> <table cellspacing="5" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td><font size="5"><b>Warehouse</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Germany</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Stralsund </td> </tr> <tr> <td>2001-05-30</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <br> <table cellspacing="5" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%"><a name="StralSilo03"></a><a href="IndustrialBuildings..StralSilo03_body.html" target="body"><img alt="enlarge image" hspace="10" vspace="10" border="2" src="StralSilo03_.jpg"></a></td><td valign="top" width="100%" height="100%"> <table cellspacing="5" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td><font size="5"><b>Warehouse</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Germany</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Stralsund </td> </tr> <tr> <td>2001-05-30</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <br> I found an other example for a grain mill at the coast of the Baltic Sea at Barth. <table cellspacing="5" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%"><a name="BarthSilo01"></a><a href="IndustrialBuildings..BarthSilo01_body.html" target="body"><img alt="enlarge image" hspace="10" vspace="10" border="2" src="BarthSilo01_.jpg"></a></td><td valign="top" width="100%" height="100%"> <table cellspacing="5" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td><font size="5"><b>Warehouse</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Germany</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Barth </td> </tr> <tr> <td>2001-05-26</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <br> <p> <a name="Speicherstadt"></a><a href="IndustrialBuildings..Speicherstadt_main.html">4.1.1.    Hamburg Speicherstadt</a> </p> <table cellspacing="5" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%"><a href="IndustrialBuildings..Speicherstadt_main.html"><img src="HHSpeicher06_.jpg" alt=""></a></td><td valign="top" width="100%"> When Hamburg was forced to reduce the size of it's free port ('Freihafen') in 1881, it was decided to build new warehouses replacing the old ones, which were scattered around Hamburg. The resulting buildings form a unique ensemble, the so called 'Speicherstadt'. Some of the beautiful warehouses are still in use to store valuable goods like carpets and tea, others have been converted into offices. </td> </tr> </table>