The Hembrugterrein is the name of a large site in Zaandam, near Amsterdam in the Netherlands
The location was Hembrugterrein was the heart of the Defence Line of Amsterdam, literally and figuratively the safest place of the 135-kilometer-long defensive circle. When enemy siege the statement could provide their own ammunition production.
More than a century Hembrug has produced ammunition. This happened in heavily guarded buildings scattered around the grounds. Buildings were demolished over the years and added in various architectural styles. In the forest are earthen ramparts and ditches in order to absorb shock and fire stop to limit the consequences of a possible explosion.
In the eighties the company took over the production of ammunition. When production declined continuously in the nineties,. In 2003 the finally closet its doors. The buildings, where once thousands of people worked, were abandoned and fell further into disrepair.
You can see some of the photos I took there.
Now happily many buildings being saved from demolition.