Exposition internationale de l'eau

In 1936 Georges Truffaut proposed an exposition to celebrate the completion of the Albert Canal.

The exposition's theme was water management and opened on 20 May 1939 by King Leopold III of Belgium.

When World War II started the next day it was decided to close the exposition immediately.

The building materials and equipment were imported from Germany and had to be transported from the Belgian-German border 35 km east of Liège.

Every morning the contractors and engineers were transported from Germany by bus or lorry to the site in Liège.