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Save the date - ERIH Annual Conference 2012
The ERIH Conference 2012 will take place from 12 to 14 September in Amsterdam / Netherlands.
ERIH General Assembly elects new Board of Management
During the General Assembly of the ERIH association in Katowice on 29th September, the members...
Successful ERIH Conference in Katowice / Poland
More than 100 delegates attended the ERIH annual Conference from 28th to 30th September 2011 in...
Welcome
to the European Route of Industrial Heritage, the tourism information network of industrial heritage in Europe.
Currently we present more than 850 sites in 32 European countries. Among these sites there are 77 Anchor Points which build the virtual ERIH main route. On thirteen Regional Routes you can discover the industrial history of these landscapes in detail. All sites relate to ten European Theme Routes which show the diversity of European industrial history and their common roots.
Anchor Point of the Day
Brede Works | Kongens Lyngby
From the first water-driven factory to modern mass manufacture à la LEGO, the Brede Værk...
Do you know...
where the first cast-iron bridge in the world is situated?
In Ironbridge, a small town in the English county of Shropshire in the Severn Valley. The eponymous 30 meter long iron bridge over the river was built in 1779 and was the first ever bridge to be made of iron. Hence the name of the town and also the gorge spanned by the bridge. Ironbridge is an anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage …
