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18.11.08

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

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Welcome

to the European Route of Industrial Heritage, the tourism information network of industrial heritage in Europe.

Currently we present more than 830 sites in 29 European countries. Among these sites there are 66 Anchor Points which build the virtual ERIH main route. On ten 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.

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Anchor Point of the Day
Kelham Island Museum | Sheffield

Knives, saws, scythes, files, razor blades, cutlery. No doubt about it, Sheffield is the...

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Anchor Points

Anchor points illustrate the complete range of European industrial history.
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Regional Routes

The Regional Routes link landscapes and sites which have left their mark on European industrial history.
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European Theme Routes

Theme Routes take up specific questions relating to European industrial history.
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Biographies

History is always made by people. We present a selection of personalities who influenced the European industrial history.
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Do you know...

that the German mining museum in Bochum is the most important mining museum in the world?

With around 400.000 visitors a year it is also one of the most popular museums in Germany. A major attraction is the replica of a mine twenty metres below the ground, complete with coal seams, galleries, shaft equipment and huge mining machines. The German Mining Museum is a part of the Ruhrgebiet regional trail on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

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