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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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Potsdam | Steam Pump House |
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Breite Strasse 28 | 14467 Potsdam | Germany |
| The water-pumping station on the banks of the Neustadter Havelbucht in Potsdam is one of the most extraordinary industrial buildings in Europe. Its purpose was to accommodate an 81.4 hp steam engine b... more >> |
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Recklinghausen | Electricity Museum |
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Uferstraße 2–4 | 45663 Recklinghausen | Germany |
| Suddenly there’s a cow standing in the room. The milking machine attached to its udders is genuine. The cow isn’t. There again the tram dating back to 1915 is genuine. It’s fully lit and appears... more >> |
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Rjukan | Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum |
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Vemork | 3661 Rjukan | Norway |
| The power station at Vemork, near the town of Rjukan in Telemark province, was built in 1907-11, and had a 300 m head of water, carried through a 4 km tunnel and eleven 720 m penstocks. Its main build... more >> |
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Seixal | Tide Mill |
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Rua do Rouxinol | 2840 Seixal | Portugal |
| Ten tide mills formerly ground grain in the area around Seixal at the mouth of the River Tagus, 14 km south of Lisbon. They all form part of the Municipal Ecomuseum, but that at Corroios which dates f... more >> |
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Seydisfjordur | East Iceland Technical Museum |
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Hafnargötu 44 | 710 Seydisfjordur | Iceland |
| The town of Seydisfjordur (until recently spelt Seydhisfjordur) lies 400 km north-east of Reykjavik. The technical museum that illustrates many aspects of the history of the region has three principal... more >> |
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Sheffield | Kelham Island Museum |
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Alma Street | S3 8RY Sheffield | Great Britain |
| Knives, saws, scythes, files, razor blades, cutlery. No doubt about it, Sheffield is the English equivalent of Solingen. What began with small workshops in the 16th century quickly developed into the ... more >> |
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Spremberg | Schwarze Pumpe power station |
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An der alten Ziegelei | 03130 Spremberg | Germany |
| The whole system moves in perfect harmony here. In the steam generator furnace the lignite dust burns at around 1,000ºC and heats up the so-called feed water. The resulting steam drives several turbi... more >> |
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Stavanger | Museum of the Petroleum Industry |
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KjeringholmenPO Box 748 Sentrum | 4004 Stavanger | Norway |
| From 1962 the Norwegian offshore oil industry provided Europe with a significant portion of its energy, and Stavanger, once a centre for fish-canning, became the principal base for exploration and for... more >> |
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Stowmarket, Suffolk | Museum of East Anglian Life |
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Stowmarket, Suffolk | Great Britain |
| The Museum of East Anglian Life is an open air landscape of buildings and machinery covering a huge 28 hectare site near the centre of one of East Anglia´s historic market towns, Stowmarket in Suffol... more >> |
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Terrassa | Catalonian Museum of Science and Industry |
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Rambla d’Ègara 270 | 08221 Terrassa | Spain |
| The most eye-catching feature of the Vapor Aymerich, Amat i Jover in Terrassa near Barcelona is doubtless its unique roof. It consists of row upon row of 161 shell-shaped half arches, each with gently... more >> |
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Thetford, Norfolk | Charles Burrell Museum |
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Minstergate | IP24 2BN Thetford, Norfolk | Great Britain |
| Charles Burrell is one of the famous names of traction engine manufacture. So what was a traction engine? Originally these were self-propelled steam engines weighing many tonnes and designed for drivi... more >> |
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Timelkam | Adventure World Energy |
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Mühlfeld 2 | 4850 Timelkam | Austria |
| One of Austria’s largest thermal electric power stations is at Timelkam, 20 km north-west of Gmunden. Associated with the power station is the interpretation centre called Elebnis Welt Energie (Adve... more >> |
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Totton | Eling Tide Mill |
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The Tollbridge | SO40 9HF Totton | Great Britain |
| The tide mill at Eling, on the west side of the north end of Southampton Water, is the only one of its kind in England that is still working and productive. A tide- powered mill has occupied the site ... more >> |
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Tyssedal | Norwegian Museum of Hydro Power and Industry |
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Naustbakken 7 | 5770 Tyssedal | Norway |
| According to the Norwegian writer, Frode Grytten, who comes from the area: “The valley seems to have been created by a gigantic blow with a sledgehammer”. As early as the 19th century waterfalls, ... more >> |
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Uebigau-Wahrenbrück | Louise Briquette Works |
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Louise 111 | 04924 Uebigau-Wahrenbrück | Germany |
| Although LOUISE, Europe’s oldest briquette factory ceased operations in February 1992 its freshly plastered facades and renovated roofs give it a smart impression. For the workforce, who have remain... more >> |
