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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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Narvik | Museum Nord - Narvik |
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Administrasjonsveien 3 | 8502 Narvik | Norway |
| It would be sea and iron-ore that would decide Narvik’s fate. Despite Narvik’s location north of the Arctic Circle, the town at the head of the Ofoten fjord is an ice -free port. Narvik has been a... more >> |
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Nea Kifisia | Museum of Telecommunications |
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25 Porteos St | 145 64 Nea Kifisia | Greece |
| This museum, in one of the northern suburbs of Athens, was established by the public utility responsible for telecommunications in Greece, and opened in 1990. It has a large collection of artefacts, i... more >> |
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Newport | Newport Transporter Bridge |
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Stephenson Street | NP19 4 Newport | Great Britain |
| Completed in 1906, this unique Grade 1 Listed structure is the essence of industrial development in Newport. Designed by the eminent French Bridge Engineer, Ferdinand Arnodin, this ‘Aerial Ferry’ ... more >> |
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Newport | Fourteen Locks |
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Cwm LaneHighcrossRogerstone | NP10 9GN Newport | Great Britain |
| Located just outside Newport, the Fourteen Locks Canal Visitor Centre traces the growth and decline of the Crumlin Branch of the Monmouthshire Canal and its role in transporting commodities such as co... more >> |
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Niederfinow | Niederfinow Boat Lift |
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Hebewerkstraße | 16248 Niederfinow | Germany |
| The boat lift at Niederfinow, 60 km north-east of Berlin, conveys vessels between the River Oder and the Oder-Havel Canal. The first connection between the two waterways, completed in 1914, was a flig... more >> |
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North Queensferry | Forth Railway Bridge |
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St Margaret’s Head | KY11 1HP North Queensferry | Great Britain |
| The cantilever bridge that carries the line from Edinburgh to Aberdeen of the former North British Railway over the Firth of Forth, 14 km west of Edinburgh, was one of the first major structures to be... more >> |
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Northwich | Anderton Boat Lift |
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Lift LaneAnderton | CW9 6FW Northwich | Great Britain |
| Located near Northwich in Cheshire, the Anderton Boat Lift is one of the greatest monuments to Britain´s last canal age and known as the "Cathedral of the Canals". Built in 1875 and silent for 20 yea... more >> |
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Nürnberg | DB (German Railway) Museum |
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Lessingstraße 6 | 90443 Nürnberg | Germany |
| Nuremberg 1835: When the first–ever steam engine in Germany set off on its maiden voyage it was accompanied by huge expectations. People hoped it would work miracles, put an end to the current econo... more >> |
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Nürnberg | Museum of Industrial Life |
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Äußere Sulzbacher Straße 62 | 90317 Nürnberg | Germany |
| The museum of industrial life is located in a former engineering factory and shows how work and everyday life were transformed in the industrial period, particularly in the city of Nürnberg and its s... more >> |
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Nürnberg | Museum of Communications |
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Lessingstrasse 6 | 90443 Nürnberg | Germany |
| The museum of communications in Nurnberg shares the premises of the railway museum, and the two comprise the city’s Verkehrsmuseum (Museum of Traffic), although the former is managed by the Museumss... more >> |
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Oberschleissheim | Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim (Schleissheim Hangar) |
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Effnerstrasse 18 | 85764 Oberschleissheim | Germany |
| The aeronautical collections of the Deutsches Museum in Munich have been displayed since 1990 on an airfield at Oberschleissheim on the northern side of the city that was constructed between 1912 and ... more >> |
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Odense | Railway Museum |
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Dannebrogsgade 24 | 5000 Odense | Denmark |
| Denmark’s railway museum is situated in a former locomotive depot, close to the station on the main town of the island of Funen. Many of the locomotives in the collection were manufactured in such G... more >> |
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Oignies | Mining and Railway Centre |
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Rue Emile Zola | 62590 Oignies | France |
| Oignies is a coal-mining community 15 km north-west of Douai and 20 km south of Lille. Coal was first discovered in the area in 1842, and the last was extracted in 1990. The centre named after Denis P... more >> |
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Oslo | Norwegian Telecommunications Museum |
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Kjelsåsveien 143 i Teknisk Museum | 0491 Oslo | Norway |
| The Norwegian state telecommunications service (originally called the Statstelegrafen) was established in 1855, with a Morse telegraph line from Oslo (then Christiania) to Drammen. Every aspect of its... more >> |
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Ostroda | Elbląg Canal |
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Ul Mickiewicza 9a | 14-100 Ostroda | Poland |
| The Oberland Canal extends from the port of Eblag (Ebling) through Lake Druzno, which is connected by the River Elblag to the Vistula Lagoon on the Baltic Sea, and then along the River Drweca and Lake... more >> |
