Taynuilt | United Kingdom
Bonawe is a remarkably complete charcoal-fired 18th-century iron furnace. Opened in 1753, it is possible to trace the entire manufacturing process from the surviving components at the site. These include the lade directing water to and from the furnace from the River Awe, driving the waterwheel ...
Trehafod | United Kingdom
They laboured like animals: bent double in the low galleries, their lungs full of dust, in constant fear of the walls collapsing, or a gas explosion. But despite all this, they were as proud as any farmer cultivating his own fields. For every collier was allocated his own particular underground ...
Wakes Colne | United Kingdom
The East Anglian Railway Museum is not only home to the most comprehensive collection of period railway architecture and engineering in the Region, but is also based at a working railway station on historic Stour Valley railway line, dating from 1847-1849.
The Station House dates from the 1890´s ...
Whitehead | United Kingdom
The award-winning Whitehead Railway Museum, head-quarters of the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI), combines the past with the present and offers a unique visitor experience. Visitors will find five fascinating galleries wrapped around the existing RPSI railway workshops. You can rub ...
Wrexham | United Kingdom
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct carries the waterway originally called the Ellesmere Canal, but now the Llangollen Canal, some 38 m above the River Dee, and is 308 m long. It was completed in 1805 under the direction of Thomas Telford, who in the initial stages of the project was responsible to William ...
Dresden | Germany
The industrialisation of Saxony is based on mining which already started in the 10th century, thus creating capital and early technological expertise – a history that is particularly told by historical sites in the Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains). In the early 19th century textile processing became the ...
Düsseldorf | Germany
No other German region has as many important witnesses of industrial history as North Rhine-Westphalia. A tight network of more than 60 industrial museums and visitor mines, almost 200 museums and facilities presenting the industrial history of NRW, and an even larger number of industrial and ...
Essen | Germany
The Regionalverband Ruhr co-ordinates the Route of Industrial Heritage at the Ruhr.
Frankfurt am Main | Germany
Die Wenigsten denken beim Begriff "Frankfurt/Rhein-Main" an das industriekulturelle Erbe der Region. Dabei haben hier Unternehmen von Weltruhm gewirkt und ihre Spuren hinterlassen – und tun es heute noch: Von Aventis/Infraserv auf dem ehemaligen Hoechst-Gelände in Frankfurt, MAN Roland in Offenbach, ...
Dalmine (BG) | Italy
The Dalmine Foundation emerged in 1999, on the initiative of TenarisDalmine, with the goal of promoting industrial culture and enhancing the history of a business that has remained deeply-rooted in the territory for over a century and is now part of Tenaris, a global steel tube manufacturer. ...
Genova | Italy
inGE is devoted to encourage the awareness and knowldge of industrial heritage and culture in Genova and Liguria. The organization’s goal is to activate and promote projects able to enhance studies in the field, and knowledge of industrial architecture and local industrial tradition. Our belief is ...
Esch-sur-Alzette | Luxembourg
The "Land of the Red Rocks" in the south of Luxembourg, owes its name to the bright red iron ore which dominates the landscape. The iron ore was undoubtedly behind the success of the steel industry in the Grand Duchy back in the middle of the 19th century. Former industrial sites were partially ...
Katowice | Poland
Silesian Voivodeship can boast the highest number of historic industrial buildings in Poland. The Marshal Office of the Silesian Voivodeship did bear in mind the significance of monuments for the history and identity of the region. A project consisting of creating a network of the most interesting ...
Belgrade | Serbia
The Cluster of Cultural Routes links almost 50 cultural institutions, tourist organizations, civil society organizations, SME's and five universities, in Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia and the USA.
The goals of the organization are:
The production and realization of specific cultural-tourist ...
Gijón | Spain
The industrialisation of Asturia began in the mid 19th century when companies with foreign capital (above all Belgian, French and British enterprises) began large-scale activities in the region, especially in the areas of mining and iron and steel production. They were joined at the end of the 19th ...