In the 18th century, the Eupen cloth makers and tanners applied to the Habsburg governor in Brussels to dig a ditch to divert part of the water from the Gileppe stream into the thrush in order to reduce production losses caused by lack of water.

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The Eupener Graben is not a natural stream, but a man-made watercourse that carries peat and forest water towards Eupen. It was constructed in the 18th century and artificially reinforced (partly with water from the Ginsterbaach) to provide the Eupen textile industry with extra clean water. Today, it runs as a narrow, often deeply incised canal through the High Fens landscape.

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