Belgium ita ce kasa ta farko a nahiyar Turai da ta fara juyin juya halin masana'antu, a farkon karni na 19. Liège da Charleroi sun bunkasa hakar ma'adinai da karfe, wanda ya bunƙasa har zuwa tsakiyar karni na 20 a cikin Sambre da Meuse kwarin kuma ya sanya Belgium a cikin kasashe uku da suka fi masana'antu a duniya daga 1830 zuwa 1910. Duk da haka, a cikin shekarun 1840 masana'antun masana'antu na Flanders sun kasance cikin mawuyacin hali, kuma yankin ya fuskanci yunwa daga 1846 zuwa 1850. Bayan yakin duniya na biyu, Ghent da Antwerp sun fuskanci saurin fadada masana'antun sinadarai da man fetur.
Shekaru 1846