Anchor Points
Anchor points illustrate the complete range of European industrial history.
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to the European Route of Industrial Heritage, the tourism information network of industrial heritage in Europe.
Currently we present more than 1,000 sites in 43 European countries. Among these sites there are 80 Anchor Points which build the virtual ERIH main route. On sixteen Regional Routes you can discover the industrial history of these landscapes in detail. All sites relate to thirteen European Theme Routes which show the diversity of European industrial history and their common roots.
In Ironbridge, a small town in the English county of Shropshire in the Severn Valley. The eponymous 30 meter long iron bridge over the river was built in 1779 and was the first ever bridge to be made of iron. Hence the name of the town and also the gorge spanned by the bridge. Ironbridge is an anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage …
