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Goods for the world. European Theme Route Manufacturing
Domestic handmade textile production was typical for the pre-industrial age. The father sat at the loom and the women of the family were responsible for spinning the yarn. An entrepreneur (in Germany he was called a "Verleger") delivered the raw material and organised sales, often over considerable distances. Textile manufacture was the leading industry in Europe: from the 16th century onwards it was basically organised on such a system. The first types of factories grew up in the 17th century, when larger groups of workers were concentrated in so-called "manufactories".
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Saint-Etienne | Museum of Art and Industry |
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2, place Louis Compte | 42026 Saint-Etienne | France |
| Saint-Etienne is one of France’s most notable industrial cities. Nearby coal mines stimulated the growth of ironworking, glassmaking, textiles, particularly ribbons, and the manufacture of armaments... more >> |
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Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche | La Grande Place – The Saint-Louis Museum of Crystal |
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Rue Coetlosquet | 57620 Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche | France |
| The first written record of the Münzthal glassworks was in 1586. There was enough sand, wood and bracken in the region to make glass. As early as 1781 the glassmakers of Saint-Louis were specialising... more >> |
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Salzburg | The Stiegl Brewing World |
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Bräuhausstrasse 9 | 5020 Salzburg | Austria |
| Stiegl beer is one of the symbols of the city of Salzburg. Stiegl-Brauwelt which forms part of the brewery is a 10-minute bus journey from the centre of the town. It was opened in 1995 in a former mal... more >> |
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Sant Julia de Loria | Tobacco Museum |
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Carrer del Doctor Palau 17 | 700 Sant Julia de Loria | Andorra |
| The tobacco plant was once commonly grown on the lower slopes of the mountains of Andorra, and its leaves were processed locally and made into products for smoking. This museum occupies the multi-stor... more >> |
| Sant Julia de Loria | Tobacco Museum | |
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Carrer del Doctor Palau 17 | AD 700 Sant Julia de Loria | |
| The tobacco plant was once commonly grown on the lower slopes of the mountains of Andorra, and its leaves were processed locally and made into products for smoking. This museum occupies the multi-stor... more >> |
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Sarreguemines | Museums of Sarreguemines |
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125, avenue de la Blies | 57200 Sarreguemines | France |
| The French Revolution was followed by the Industrial Revolution: in 1790 three merchants from Strasbourg arrived at Sarreguemines in Lorraine in order to exploit water, fire and earth for their own pu... more >> |
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Saxmundham, Suffolk | Snape Maltings and Port |
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IP17 1SR Saxmundham, Suffolk | Great Britain |
| Snape Maltings is a huge complex of granaries and malthouses that nestle beside the River Alde. Formerly one of the largest working maltings in East Anglia, barley was once processed here for the brew... more >> |
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Seia | Museum of Bread |
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Quinta Fonte do Marrao | Seia | Portugal |
| The imaginative museum of bread at Seia has proved extremely popular since its opening in 2002. It comprehensively displays the place of bread in the social, economic and cultural history of Portugal,... more >> |
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Seixal | Tide Mill |
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Rua do Rouxinol | 2840 Seixal | Portugal |
| Ten tide mills formerly ground grain in the area around Seixal at the mouth of the River Tagus, 14 km south of Lisbon. They all form part of the Municipal Ecomuseum, but that at Corroios which dates f... more >> |
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Selb | Porzellanikon | European Industrial Museum of China |
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Werner-Schürer-Platz 1 | 95100 Selb | Germany |
| Don’t be afraid of the jaw crusher: it might sound like a violent thug but in reality it is simply a machine for processing quartz, feldspar and china clay. The end result is breakfast dishes. In th... more >> |
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Seraing | Christal Discovery Val Saint Lambert |
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Esplanade du Val | B-4100 Seraing | Belgium |
| Outside the gates of Seraing, which is dominated by the huge industrial plant belonging the Cockerill-Sambre concern, lies a truly splendid building on the right bank of the River Maas: the former Cis... more >> |
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Sesto San Giovanni | Museum of Industry and Labour |
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via Granelli | Sesto San Giovanni | Italy |
| Sesto San Giovanni is an industrial community on the north-eastern side of Milan with a population of more than 75,000 which has displayed imagination and enterprise in adapting to the post-industrial... more >> |
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Sèvres | Sèvres – ceramic city |
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2 Place de la Manufacture | 92310 Sèvres | France |
| The porcelain factory called la Manufacture nationale de Sèvres was one of the characteristic state enterprises of France of the ancient regime. From being a royal concern it became an imperial facto... more >> |
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Sheffield | Kelham Island Museum |
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Alma Street | S3 8RY Sheffield | Great Britain |
| Knives, saws, scythes, files, razor blades, cutlery. No doubt about it, Sheffield is the English equivalent of Solingen. What began with small workshops in the 16th century quickly developed into the ... more >> |
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Shrewsbury | Ditherington Flax Mill |
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Objektanschrift | site address:Spring Gardens | SY2 1 Shrewsbury | Great Britain |
| The 5-storey 55 m long red brick building bearing the inscriptions of a malting company that towers over the houses of the northern suburbs of Shrewsbury was the first multi-storied iron-framed buildi... more >> |
