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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 de la production et du commerce
L’ère préindustrielle du textile était caractérisée par la production artisanale à domicile. Le père de famille était assis derrière le métier à tisser, tandis que les femmes se chargeaient de filer le coton. Un entrepreneur leur livrait la matière première et organisait la vente des produits, bien souvent dans des destinations déjà très éloignées. Dès le 16e siècle, la fabrication d’étoffes, la première industrie d’Europe, était généralement organisée selon ce principe.
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Silkeborg | Silkeborg Museum |
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Hovedgårdsvej 7 | 8600 Silkeborg | Denmark |
| The city of Silkeborg grew up around a paper mill established in 1844 on the banks of the River Gudena by Michael Drewsen, who in 1867 helped to acquire the paddle steamer Hjejlen (Golden Plover), whi... plus >> |
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Slane | Mill |
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Slane | Ireland |
| Slane is a village of just over 1,000 inhabitants on the River Boyne where it is crossed by the main road from Dublin to Derry. Slane Mill was built in 1766-67 for a Mr Jebb, and was reckoned the larg... 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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Sonneberg | German Toy Museum |
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Beethovenstrasse 10 | 96515 Sonneberg | Germany |
| Sonneberg, in the mountainous region of Southern Thuringia, was regarded in the early twentieth century as the toy capital of the world. It is an ancient town, established in the early fourteenth cent... plus >> |
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Sparta | Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil |
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129 Othonos-Amalias St | 231 00 Sparta | Greece |
| Sparta, in the southern Pelopponese, lies in the heart of one of the principal olive producing areas in the Mediterranean region. The museum illustrates the significance of olives in many contexts, in... plus >> |
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Spillum | Norwegian Sawmill Museum |
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Linbergveien 16 | 7820 Spillum | Norway |
| During the last half of the nineteenth century the steam powered sawmill industry was Norway’s largest export industry. Spillum Sawmill & Planing founded in 1884 is today the last preserved indu... plus >> |
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Sprimont | Museum of Stones |
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Rue Joseph Potier 54 | B-4140 Sprimont | Belgium |
| The road from Theux is lined with industrial buildings. Shortly behind the sign telling you that you are entering Sprimont there is another smaller sign pointing the way to the Museum of Stone. The ro... plus >> |
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St Austell | Wheal Martyn |
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Carthew | PL26 8XG St Austell | Great Britain |
| China clay (kaolin) that could be used in the manufacture of porcelain was discovered in Cornwall in 1746 by William Cookworthy. Cornish quarries have subsequently been the principal suppliers of chin... plus >> |
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St Helens | The World of Glass |
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Chalon Way East | WA10 1BX St Helens | Great Britain |
| England´s best small visitor attraction (2006) provides a journey of discovery into one of the most common substances on earth and features live glass blowing demonstrations, multi-media shows, under... plus >> |
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Stavanger | Museum of Fish Canning |
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Muségt.16 | 4010 Stavanger | Norway |
| From the 1890s until the 1960s the principal industry of Stavanger on the west coast of Norway was the canning of fish, particularly herring, sardines and brisling that were exported to many other cou... plus >> |
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Steyr | Museum of the Industrial World |
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Wehrgrabengasse 7 | 4400 Steyr | Austria |
| Steyr is a city with long industrial traditions, particularly in the working of iron. When its fortunes were declining in the 19th century, they were revived by Josef Werndll (1831-99) who established... plus >> |
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Stockholm | Skansen |
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Djurgardsslatten 49-51 | 11593 Stockholm | Sweden |
| Skansen is the open air museum that has given its name to museums in many European countries. For 70 years it has attracted more than two million visitors per annum. It was founded in 1891 by the ethn... plus >> |
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Stockholm | Museum of Science and Technology |
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Museivagen 7 | 115 93 Stockholm | Sweden |
| Sweden’s national museum of science and technology was founded in 1924 under the patronage of several of the country’s leading learned societies and industrial organisations. It is located in a bu... plus >> |
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Stoke-on-Trent | Musée de la poterie à Gladstone |
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Uttoxeter RoadLongton | ST3 1PQ Stoke-on-Trent | Great Britain |
| Des nuages noirs flottaient jadis au-dessus de Stoke-on-Trent, à cause des innombrables fours en forme de bouteille qui obscurcissaient le ciel par la combustion de charbon. Les mauvais salaires et l... plus >> |
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Stourbridge | Red House Glass Cone |
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High StreetWordsley | DY8 4AZ Stourbridge | Great Britain |
| Can you imagine having to work 12 hours on, 12 hours off, 7 days a week, in sweltering heat, with rats threatening to run up your trouser legs? It sounds like a horror movie but that’s exactly what ... plus >> |
