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ERIH Board meeting in Katowice/Poland
On invitation of the Silesian Voivodeship the ERIH board met in Katowice/Poland and discussed with...
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Review of the ERIH Annual Conference 2012
More than 100 delegates from 15 European Countries attended the ERIH Conference 2012 in September...
What drives us forward. European Theme Route Energy
From the Middle Ages until the late 19th century water and wind supplied the driving power for a huge variety of engines. Windmills dominated the flat lands of northwest Europe. In the 18th century around a thousand mills were standing alongside the banks of the River Zaan, near the trading centre of Amsterdam. They were used to process timber, flour and paper, and not least raw materials from abroad like tobacco and cocoa. For this reason the region around Zaandam is widely recognized as being one of Europe's earliest industrial areas.
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Amsterdam-Westerpark | Westergasfactory |
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Haarlemmerweg 8-10 | 1014 BE Amsterdam-Westerpark | Netherlands |
| The Westergasfabriek is a former gasfactory in the center of Amsterdam. The complex is most popular by trendy young public. Regular (music)events are held there because of it´s central location.
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Angelsberg | Oljeon |
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Barron (Sjon Ananningen) | Angelsberg | Sweden |
| A refinery dating from the pioneer years of the oil industry is preserved at Angelsberg on Oljeon (oil island) in Lake Amannigen, near the Engelsberg ironworks. Oil-refining was begun on the mainland ... more >> |
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Ardnacrusha | Hydro-electric power station at Ardnacrusha |
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Site address:Ballykeelaun | Ardnacrusha | Ireland |
| The hydro-electric power station at Ardnacrusha on the River Shannon, 6 km N of Limerick, was built in 1925-9 at the same time as the national grid in Ireland. It was the policy of what was then the F... more >> |
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Athens | Industrial Gas Museum |
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GaziPireos 100 | 11854 Athens | Greece |
| The Industrial Gas Museum operates in the premises of Athens gasworks. When entering the museum, the visitor can get general information on industrial history and industrial heritage. Inside the museu... more >> |
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Augsburg | Gasworks |
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August-Wessels-Strasse 30 | 86156 Augsburg | Germany |
| The first gasworks in the Bavarian city of Augsburg was established in 1848 and, as in many cities, initially provided gas for street lighting. A second gasworks came into production in 1868, but in 1... more >> |
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Barßel | Elisabethfehn Moorland Museum |
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Oldenburger Straße 1 | 26676 Barßel | Germany |
| Die Geschichte Elisabethfehns beginnt mit dem Bau des Hunte-Ems-Kanals Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Im Zuge der Kultivierung der großen Oldenburger Moorgebiete im Nordwesten Deutschlands entstand dies... more >> |
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Berlin | German Technical Museum |
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Trebbiner Strasse 9 | 10963 Berlin | Germany |
| The German Technical Museum holds one of the largest collections of its kind in Europe, but dates only from 1982. It was initially a museum of railways, and is based at the former Anhalter Bahnhof, on... more >> |
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Bjerringbro | Electricity Museum |
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Bjerringbroveg 44 | 8850 Bjerringbro | Denmark |
| Bjerringbro stands on the River Gudena, 8 km north-east of the town of Tange, which itself lies 25 km south-east of Viborg. Elmus is a museum of electric power and an interactive scientific discovery ... more >> |
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Brentford | Kew Bridge Steam Museum |
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Green Dragon Lane | TW8 0EN Brentford | Great Britain |
| This steam engine is so huge that you can walk under its beams standing upright – whilst it’s puffing away and rising and sinking. Originally it was used to pump water in west London. Now it is th... more >> |
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Budapest | Gas Museum |
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Koztarsasag ter 20 | Budapest | Hungary |
| The Obuda Gasworks was erected in Budapest between 1910 and 1913 and was officially opened two months before the outbreak of the First World War. The first gasworks in the city had begun work in 1856,... more >> |
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Cambridge | Cambridge Museum of Technology |
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The Old Pumping StationCheddars Lane | CB5 8LD Cambridge | Great Britain |
| Alongside the well-known Cambridge of dreamy medieval colleges and spires, lies the first pumping station in the world powered by re-processed household waste. Before the pumping station was built in ... more >> |
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Carrickfergus | FLAME: The Gasworks Museum of Ireland |
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44 Irish Quarter West | BT38 8AT Carrickfergus | Great Britain |
| The gasworks at Carrickfergus was characteristic of those built in small towns all over Europe in the mid-19th century when the growth of main line railways made possible the distribution of coal to m... more >> |
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Chorkówka | The Ignacy Lukasiewicz Open Air Museum of the Oil Industry |
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Bóbrka | 38-458 Chorkówka | Poland |
| Ignacy Lukasiewicz established the first oil well in Europe at Bobrka in 1854, and the museum that takes his name was opened in 1961. The site of the first well is marked with an obelisk, and Lukasiew... more >> |
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Cottbus | Art museum Cottbus power station |
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Uferstraße / Am Amtsteich 15 | 03046 Cottbus | Germany |
| The high, orangey-red rows of windows hit you straight between the eyes. They stand like reflective columns in the towering clinker façades which range in shade from vitreous burgundy and deep browni... more >> |
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Dimitsana | Open-air water-power museum |
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Kefalari Ai-Yannis | 220 07 Dimitsana | Greece |
| Dimitsana is a village some 30 km north-west of Tripolis in the Central Peloponnese. The museum is close to a celebrated beauty spot called Kefalari-tou Al-Yanni. All the restored industrial buildings... more >> |
