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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
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The treasures of the Earth: European Theme Route Mining
Coal from European and American collieries was the universal fuel during the Industrial Revolution. Nonetheless technical inventions in mining played a relatively insignificant role. The main cause was the ongoing abundance of workers. Colliery owners were able to attain higher outputs simply by employing more workers. For the same reason they were able to postpone any improvements to the catastrophic working conditions for a long time.
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Blegny | Blegny-Mine |
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Rue Lambert Marlet, 23 | 4670 Blegny | Belgium |
| The inhabitants of Liège like to claim that the first ever coal mining on the continent began in their town. Even when this has never been definitely proved, we know that the people on the River Maas... more >> |
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Bleicherode | Bleicherode Potash Mine |
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Nordhäuser Str. 70 | 99752 Bleicherode | Germany |
| Potash is a term used to denote a variety of mined and manufactured water-soluble salts of potassium and particularly potassium chloride, KCl (sometimes called Sylvite) and potassium sulphate, K2SO4. ... more >> |
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Bochum | German Mining Museum |
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Am Bergbaumuseum 28 | 44791 Bochum | Germany |
| The highlight is hidden around 20 metres below ground level: a replica of a coal mine with coal seams, galleries and shafts complete with all the machinery. The whole stretch is two and half kilometre... more >> |
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Bochum | Hannover Colliery |
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Günningfelder Straße 251 | 44793 Bochum | Germany |
| The bulky Malakoff tower of the Hannover colliery was built in 1857 in the midst of green fields on the boundaries of the city of Bochum. In 1973 the continuing crisis in the coal industry spelt the e... more >> |
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Borken (Hessen) | Hessian Brown Coal Mining Museum |
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Am Rathaus 7 | 34582 Borken (Hessen) | Germany |
| Borken is an ancient town in Hesse, 45 km south-west of Kassel and about the same distance north-east of Marburg, in the heart of an area where brown coal was mined for more than 400 years. The museum... more >> |
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Caerphilly | Universal Mine Senghenydd (Coal Mining Disaster) |
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Twyn Square | CF83 11X Caerphilly | Great Britain |
| Senghenydd is a mining community 15 km north-west of Caerphilly, and 25 km north of Cardiff, which was the scene of the worst mining disaster in British history. The Universal Steam Coal Co discovered... more >> |
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Callington | Kit Hill Country Park |
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PL17 8HW Callington | Great Britain |
| Kit Hill is a landmark hilltop located in the east of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape WHS. The hill has a rich mining heritage and its ornate feature chimney, a reminder of its mining pas... more >> |
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Camborne | King Edward Mine |
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Troon | TR16 3SE Camborne | Great Britain |
| The surface buildings at the King Edward Mine are the most complete of any tin-mining site in Cornwall, and include a calciner, a buddle house, a steam winding engine house with an adjacent boiler hou... more >> |
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Carbonia | Italian Centre for Coal Mining Culture |
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Grande Miniera di Serbariu | 09013 Carbonia | Italy |
| The Italian Centre for Coal Mining Culture is the main coal mining museum in Italy. The site is a part of Geomineral Historical and Environmental Park of Sardinia, which is a member of UNESC... more >> |
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Cardiff | St Fagans National History Museum |
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St Fagans | CF5 6XB Cardiff | Great Britain |
| Situated on the outskirts of Cardiff at St. Fagan’s, is one of Wales’ major visitor attractions. An attractive range of historic buildings from all over Wales are gathered in a beautiful natural w... more >> |
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Cercs | Cercs Mining Museum |
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Plaça Sant Romà s/n. Colònia Sant Corneli | 08698 Cercs | Spain |
| Around the upper reaches of the Llobregat river there are many mines which have riddled the mountains with their galleries. The mines of Figols and the surrounding area were for long the source of the... more >> |
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Ceský Krumlov | Graphite Museum |
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Chvalšinská u | 38101 Ceský Krumlov | Czech Republic |
| Ceský Krumlov is an historic town of outstanding interest in South Bohemia, laid out around a castle of the late 13th century that towers above the Vltava river. A spectacular 5-level bridge of 1765 ... more >> |
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Chesterton | Apedale Valley Mining Heritage |
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Loomer Road | ST5 7RR Chesterton | Great Britain |
| The sights and sounds – and smells - of the country park couldn’t be more different from those in the mine. On the surface you’ll hear the birds overhead, see the wind in the trees, enjoy the f... more >> |
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Ciechocinek | Ciechocinek graduation towers |
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ul Zdrojowa | 8720 Ciechocinek | Poland |
| Ciechocinek is a health resort on the River Vistula, and the location of some of Europe’s outstanding timber structures. New brine springs were discovered in the area in the early 19th century and t... more >> |
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Coatbridge | Summerlee Heritage Park |
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Heritage Way | ML5 1QD Coatbridge | Great Britain |
| Summerlee is a heritage park with a large exhibition hall whose aim is ‘to preserve and interpret the history of the local coal, iron, steel and engineering industries, and of the communities that d... more >> |
