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Ausstellung: Im Zauber der Nacht – Abendkleider aus zwei Jahrhunderten | Euskirchen, Rhineland Industrial Museum Mueller Cloth Mill
Ausstellung: glass:DESIGN from Halle 1966-2008 | Selb, Porzellanikon | European Industrial Museum of China
Tafellinnen | Tilburg, Audax Museum of Textiles Tilburg
Ausstellung: Technisches Spielzeug | Dortmund, LWL Industrial Museum Zollern II/IV Colliery
Ausstellung: Mehr Konsumgüter, Genossen! | Hoyerswerda, Energy Factory Knappenrode
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18.11.08

ERIH Annual Conference 2008 - "Old Iron is not enough"

The ERIH annual conference 2008 showed European industrial heritage as a success factor for tourism...


Industrial Powerhourse - The Northwest-England Regional Route

As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, England’s Northwest shaped the modern world. Built on the success of canals, cotton, coal, steam, railways, silk, hatting and more, this region’s pioneers created today’s industrialised society. This rich and fascinating history can be explored through hundreds of museums and attractions. Cotton was the catalyst for the Industrial Revolution. Lancashire factory mills supplied the commercial exchanges of Manchester (nicknamed ‘Cottonopolis’ as it at one point it controlled 80% of the world’s finished cotton).
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Country   City   Site   Theme
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  Ashton-under-Lyne     Portland Basin Museum   Transport and Communication
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  Barrow-in-Furness     Dock Museum   Iron and SteelProduction and ManufacturingTransport and Communication
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  Birkenhead     Birkenhead Tramway & Wirral Transport Museum   Transport and Communication
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  Blackpool     Blackpool Tower   Iron and SteelService and Leisure Industry
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  Bolton     Bolton Museum & Art Gallery   TextilesProduction and Manufacturing
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  Burnley     Queen Street Mill Textile Museum   Textiles
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  Burnley     Weavers´ Triangle   TextilesTransport and Communication
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  Bury     East Lancashire Railway   Transport and Communication
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  Cockermouth     Jennings Brewery   Production and Manufacturing
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  Ellesmere Port     The Boat Museum   Transport and Communication
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  Keswick     Honister Slate Mine   Production and Manufacturing
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  Lancaster     Lancaster Maritime Museum   Transport and Communication
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  Liverpool     Merseyside Maritime Museum at Albert Dock   Transport and CommunicationHousing and Architecture
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  Liverpool     International Slavery Museum   Transport and Communication
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  Macclesfield     Macclesfield Museums Heritage Centre   Textiles
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  Manchester     The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester   TextilesProduction and ManufacturingApplication of PowerTransport and CommunicationWater
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  Manchester     People´s History Museum   Textiles
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  Newby Bridge     Stott Park Bobbin Mill   Textiles
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  Northwich     Lion Salt Works   Mining
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  Northwich     Anderton Boat Lift   Transport and Communication
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  Northwich     Salt Museum   Mining
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  Port Sunlight     Port Sunlight Village & Sunlight Vision Museum   Housing and Architecture
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  Rochdale     Rochdale Pioneers Museum   Production and Manufacturing
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  Rossendale     Helmshore Textile Mill Museum   Textiles
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  St Helens     The World of Glass   Production and Manufacturing
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  Stockport     Hat Works   Textiles
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  Wigan     Wigan Pier   TextilesTransport and Communication
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  Wilmslow     Quarry Bank Mill   Textiles