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The tracks of the Industrial Revolution. European Theme Route Transport
During the early years of the Industrial Revolution there was a radical change in transportation. The arrival of pounding steamships and steam locomotives gave a huge boost to industrialisation. The change began on the canals which, for centuries, had proved to be the best means of transporting goods. In 1761, the Bridgewater canal was completed in one of the birthplaces of the industrial age, the British textile area Lancashire; from then on, the route supplied the booming city of Manchester with coal.
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Aberfeldy | Aberfeldy (Wade's) Bridge |
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Taybridge Road | PH15 2DD Aberfeldy | Great Britain |
| The outstanding example of military engineering in recent centuries in Britain was the creation of a system of roads through the Scottish Highlands by General George Wade (1673-1748), the Irishmen who... more >> |
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Abergavenny | Goytre Wharf |
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Llanover | NP7 9EW Abergavenny | Great Britain |
| Goytre Wharf on the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal, a picturesque 8 acre site, is a popular mooring place for pleasure boats. This part of the canal dates back to the beginning of the 19th century and... more >> |
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Alrewas | Fradley Junction |
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DE13 7DN Alrewas | Great Britain |
| Fradley junction is a favourite spot for gongoozlers. A ‘gongoozler’ was what boaters used to call someone getting in the way on the towpath, at a time when narrow boats were hauled by horses, al... more >> |
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Amberley | Amberley Working Museum |
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BN18 9LT Amberley | Great Britain |
| The museum at Amberley illustrates the history of industries of many kinds from south-east England, but it is particularly important for the evidence it provides of lime production, road transport and... more >> |
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Amlwch | Mynydd Parys and Porth Amlwch |
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The Sail Loft, Porth Amlwch | LL68 9DB Amlwch | Great Britain |
| As long ago as the Bronze Age people knew that the North Wales mountain of Mynydd Parys contained copper. Just how much was lying untouched in the ground, however, only came to light in 1768. This had... more >> |
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Amsterdam | NDSM-Shipyard |
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tt Neveritaweg 15 | 1030 BH Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| The former NDSM-shipyard was once a place where huge ships where built. Nowadays it is a cultural domain in development. Mostly companies in the creative business are establishing there. Among them is... more >> |
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Angelholm | Swedish Railway Museum |
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Banskolan | 262 52 Angelholm | Sweden |
| The former Museum of Rail and Track at Angelholm is administered jointly with the collection at Gavle by Banverket, the national railway company. The museum, located in a locomotive shed of 1898, port... more >> |
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Arnhem | The Netherlands Open Air National Heritage Museum |
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Schelmseweg 89 | 6316 SJ Arnhem | Netherlands |
| The Netherlands Open Air Museum is one of several national museums inspired by the example of Skansen in Stockholm, that were established in north European countries in the decades before the First Wo... more >> |
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Arques | Fontinettes Canal Lift |
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rue de l’Ascenseur | 62510 Arques | France |
| The Fontinettes hydraulic lift on the Neufossé Canal at Arques, 4 km SE of Saint-Omer was built in 1883-87 by the English engineer Edwin Clark (1814-94), and was similar in principle to that at Ander... more >> |
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Arzviller | Saint-Louis-Arzviller canal inclined plane |
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Route du Plan Incliné | 57820 Arzviller | France |
| Competition between the waterways and the railways was always one-sided. From the very start the project for an inclined lift for ships at Saint-Louis-Arzviller was doomed to failure. The Rhein-Marne ... more >> |
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Ashton-under-Lyne | Portland Basin Museum |
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Portland Place | OL7 0QA Ashton-under-Lyne | Great Britain |
| Housed within the restored nineteenth century Ashton Canal Warehouse the museum combines a lively modern interior with a peaceful canal side setting. Portland Basin Museum is an exciting family friend... more >> |
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Augsburg | MAN Museum |
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Henrich von Buz Strasse 28 | 86153 Augsburg | Germany |
| Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nurnberg (M.A.N.) is one of Germany’s foremost engineering companies, and its history is comprehensively illustrated in a museum in Augsburg, located in buildings that were ... more >> |
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Augustow | Augustow Navigation |
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ul. 29 Listopada 5a | 16-300 Augustow | Poland |
| The Augustowski Canal is the outstanding example of Polish civil engineering of the early nineteenth century. The principal objective in its construction was to provide a waterway from parts of the Co... more >> |
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Bad Münstereifel | The Effelsberg Radio Observatory |
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53902 Bad Münstereifel | Germany |
| To the east of the tourist town of Bad Münstereifel there are broad patches of forest on the hilltops of the Eifel. The area is only thinly populated and hikers are able to enjoy the countryside to t... more >> |
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Banbury | Tooley's Boatyard & Banbury Museum |
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Spiceball Park Road | OX16 2PQ Banbury | Great Britain |
| Banbury in Oxfordshire, near the borders of Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, was one of England’s liveliest market towns in the nineteenth century. Much of its prosperity was du... more >> |
