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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: “Measuring the benefits of industrial...
10.03.13
Review of the ERIH Annual Conference 2012
More than 100 delegates from 15 European Countries attended the ERIH Conference 2012 in September...
21.02.13
Call for papers: Rust, Regeneration and Romance: Iron and Steel Landscapes and Cultures
International Conference Announcement and Call for Papers from the Ironbridge International...
Itinéraire thématique des transports
La révolution industrielle entraîna rapidement un changement radical dans les transports – en échange, le ronflement des nouveaux bateaux à vapeur et la fumée des locomotives accéléraient l’industrialisation. Le changement commença avec les routes fluviales qui, depuis des siècles, s’étaient avérées les plus efficaces pour assurer le transport des marchandises. Dans la région du textile du Lancashire, l’un des berceaux de l’ère industrielle, le canal Bridgewater fut achevé en 1761.
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Semmering | Semmering Railway |
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Bahnhofplatz 1 | 2680 Semmering | Austria |
| The 58 km section of railway through the Semmering Pass between Gloggnitz and Murzzuschlag built in 1848-54 was part of the Sudbahn, the railway that linked Vienna, capital of the Habsburg Empire, wit... plus >> |
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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... plus >> |
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Shardlow | Shardlow Salt Warehouse |
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London Road | DE72 2HL Shardlow | Great Britain |
| Shardlow is an inland port where the main road from London to Manchester crossed the Trent & Mersey Canal. One of England’s first long-distance canals, the T&MC extends 15... plus >> |
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Sheringham, Norfolk | The Poppy Line |
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Sheringham Station | NR26 8RA Sheringham, Norfolk | Great Britain |
| This is one of the most scenic preserved railways in Great Britain. It was the Victorian writer Clement Scott who coined the name Poppyland for the glorious stretch of the North Norfolk coast from Wey... plus >> |
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Shildon | Locomotion |
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DL4 1PQ Shildon | Great Britain |
| Locomotion is a branch of the National Railway Museum (see York) that incorporates the earlier museum established in Shildon commemorating the achievements in the development of the steam locomotive o... plus >> |
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Simpelveld | Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij |
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Stationstraat 20-22 | 6369 VJ Simpelveld | Netherlands |
| Scarcely anyone will be able to remember this name right away. „De Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij“: in English „The South Limburg Steam Railway Society“. But that´s not important, for... plus >> |
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Simplon | Simplon Pass |
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3907 Simplon | Switzerland |
| The Simplon Pass between Brig in Switzerland and Domodossola in Italy links the Rhone Valley and the Valle d’Ossola, providing links between France and the cities of northern Italy. The first road a... plus >> |
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Skien | Telemark Canal |
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3724 Skien | Norway |
| The Telemark Canal extends 105 km from Dalen south-west to Skien, passing through a series of long lakes. It was regarded in the 19th century as a notable contribution to the improvement of transport ... plus >> |
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Sliedrecht | National Museum of Dredging |
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Molendijk 204 | 3361 ER Sliedrecht | Netherlands |
| The Netherlands would not exist without dredging, and Sliedrecht, a small town on the River Merwde, 14 km north-east of Dordrecht, is where most of the leading Dutch dredging companies were located. F... plus >> |
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Smethwick | Galton Valley Canals |
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Brasshouse Lane | B66 1BA Smethwick | Great Britain |
| Building new routes to ease traffic congestion might seem like a modern phenomenon. But the difficulty of moving goods was a real problem in the late 1700s in the Midlands’industrial heartland. The ... plus >> |
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Solingen | Müngsten Bridge |
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Müngstener Brückenweg | 42659 Solingen | Germany |
| As you might expect this monument is surrounded by plenty of legends. The most popular of these goes as follows: one day before the first trial journey the head architect, Anton von Rieppel, toppled i... plus >> |
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Sorvagen | Norwegian Telecommunication Museum |
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8392 Sorvagen | Norway |
| The telecommunications installations at Sorvagen greatly increased the prosperity of the Lofoten Islands in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and represented advances in technology that were of ... plus >> |
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Southend-on-Sea, Essex | Southend Pier |
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Western Esplanade | SS1 1EE Southend-on-Sea, Essex | Great Britain |
| The Pier and electric railway opened for the first time in 1890. At 2158 metres / 2360 yards it is the longest pleasure pier in the world. The seaside piers around the coast of Britain are a powerful ... plus >> |
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Stadskanaal | Stadskanaal Railway Trust |
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Stationstraat 3 | 9503 Stadskanaal | Netherlands |
| The trust based in Stadskanaal, 32 km south-east of Groningen, operates a preserved railway that extends from Veendam, 10 km to the north-west, through Stadskanaal itself to Musselkanaal, 16 km to the... plus >> |
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Stavanger | Norwegian Telecommunications Museum |
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St Svithungate 12 | 4008 Stavanger | Norway |
| The Stavanger branch of the Norwegian Telecommunications Museum is particularly concerned with trans-oceanic telegraphs (the American telegraph), with the role of coastal radio stations in safety at s... plus >> |
