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15.05.13
ERIH Annual Conference 2013 - Save the date - Call for papers now open
ERIH Annual Conference 2013 – Back in the Ruhr Subject:...
15.04.13
ERIH Board meeting in Katowice/Poland
On invitation of the Silesian Voivodeship the ERIH board met in Katowice/Poland and discussed with...
01.03.13
Review of the ERIH Annual Conference 2012
More than 100 delegates from 15 European Countries attended the ERIH Conference 2012 in September...
Shaping the earth. European Theme Route Industrial Landscapes
It was only around the end of the 19th century, with the second wave of industrialisation, that exposed mining tips and soot-ridden workshops, endless terraces of cheap grey housing and networks of railway lines began to merge into huge areas of industrial landscape. But for centuries before people had been shaping new landscapes: everywhere where valuable treasures were to be found in the soil. At the end of the 17th century in the Netherlands people began to reclaim the land from the sea in order to protect themselves from flooding and increase the area for agricultural.
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Rhondda | Rhondda Heritage Park |
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Coed Cae Road | CF37 2NP Rhondda | Great Britain |
| They laboured like animals: bent double in the low galleries, their lungs full of dust, in constant fear of the walls collapsing, or a gas explosion. But despite all this, they were as proud as any fa... more >> |
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Ridnaun | South Tirol Mining Museum |
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Maiern 48 | 39040 Ridnaun | Italy |
| The mining museums at Schneeburg, near St Leonard, which lies between Merano and the Austrian border are part of the Südtiroler Bergbaumuseum (South Tirol Mining Museum) which manages five sites in t... more >> |
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Senjski Rudnik | Senje coal mine |
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35234 Senjski Rudnik | Serbia |
| Senjski Rudnik, established in 1853, is Serbia’s oldest active brown coal mine and the oldest preserved industrial heritage site. Located in eastern Serbia, 150 km southeast of Belgrade, this small ... more >> |
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St Austell | Wheal Martyn |
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Carthew | PL26 8XG St Austell | Great Britain |
| China clay (kaolin) that could be used in the manufacture of porcelain was discovered in Cornwall in 1746 by William Cookworthy. Cornish quarries have subsequently been the principal suppliers of chin... 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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Vaasa | Strömberg Park |
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Yrittajankatu 17 | 65101 Vaasa | Finland |
| The Stromberg company, Oy Stromberg AB, was founded in 1889 by Gottfrid Stromberg (1863-1938) in Helsinki, and originally made such electro-mechanical products as generators and electric motors. The c... more >> |
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Völklingen | World Heritage Site Voelklingen Iron Works |
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Rathausstraße 75 | 66302 Völklingen | Germany |
| The Völklinger Hütte (ironworks) in Germany’s Saarland, which was shut down in 1986, can be justifiably described as an industrial dinosaur. It extends over an area of 600,000 square metres and ex... more >> |
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Vrouwenpolder | Oosterschelde storm surge barrier - Waterparc Neeltje Jans |
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Faelweg 5 | 4354 RB Vrouwenpolder | Netherlands |
| Once in 80 years. Or in 4000. There’s a big difference. We are talking about the danger of flooding in the area of the Schelde estuary. In 1953 it suffered a terrifying flood disaster which swept aw... more >> |
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Walbrzych | Museum of Industry and Technology |
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ul. Wysockiego 28 | 58-300 Walbrzych | Poland |
| The city of Walbrzych was the most important centre of coal-mining in Silesia. There are documentary records of mining from as early as 1536, and in the 19th century coal-using industries such as glas... more >> |
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Waltham Abbey | Royal Gunpowder Mills |
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Beaulieu Drive | EN9 1JY Waltham Abbey | Great Britain |
| If you put saltpetre, charcoal and sulphur together the result is an explosive mixture. Gunpowder changed the face of the world. One of the main contributors was the Royal Gunpowder Mills in Essex. Fo... more >> |
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Welzow | Welzow-South opencast mining |
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Domsdorfer Weg | 03116 Welzow | Germany |
| The F60 overburden conveyor bridge carries out a phenomenal amount of work. On one side of the mine it carries away excavated material and then transports it across the open pit to dump it on the othe... more >> |
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Zyrardow | Zyrardow factory town |
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1 Maja 45 | 96300 Zyrardow | Poland |
| Friendly, hospitable Żyrardów invites you to stroll through the charming nineteenth-century streets of the only post-industrial settlement in Europe that has been 95% preserved. Żyrardów, Poland... more >> |
