the canal and learn how a canal lock works. The information point also has details of some of the people who used to work on the canal. Outside the Visitor Centre, the flight of locks now under restoration

from an increase of the number of factories there was a significant rise in population with more people moving back and forth in the city. The need for new infrastructures was met by a competition that [...] of an elevated railway, today's U1. AEG used its underground electric tunnel railway to transport people and material between the two locations. In the First World War, the tunnel was used for ammunition

ERIH STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE Due to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, we have suspended the description of this Russian site until further notice.

the waterways. Berlin becomes a trading city. At the beginning of the 20th century, more and more people move to the imperial capital. Building materials, such as bricks for housing construction, arrive

used to produce a wide variety of bricks and tiles and, at the peak of its activity, employed 250 people, with equipment corresponding to 300HP of installed power. The N. & S. Tsalapatas Rooftile and Brickworks

islands and lies in the Southern Aegean Sea not far from the coast of Turkey. Over the centuries its people have been closely concerned with shipping but the unique feature of its industrial heritage is its

enamels. These were exported and shown in international exhibitions. In 1845 the factory employed 220 people, rising to 400 by 1895. It was nationalized in 1945, then became privately owned again in 1993. It

You want to know how industrialisation welds a small town and its people together into a whole? Then you have to go to Monfalcone in Italy. Since 1908, when the first ship was launched here - a place near

museum installed in it today tells the story of the Light Factory through the eyes of the working people. In a series of brief video clips, they vividly describe their everyday routines and the activities

The houses were of a good standard, with gardens and arranged in a grid. Mining ended in 1979. Many people left and by 2008 most of the houses were abandoned but arts initiatives saved them. The site now

centre of interpretation and knowledge for the culture, territory and history of Guimarães and its people and help to develop active citizenship.

river on a walkway. Only about 22 transporter bridges were built. They are held in high esteem by the people who live near the surviving specimens.

The story of iron, steel and the people who produced it: That's what the Henrichshütte in Hattingen, one of eight sites of the LWL Museums of Industrial Culture, is centred around. Visitors are invited

has seen iron mining since prehistoric times and coal mining for hundreds of years. A few local people have long-established rights to open their own private mine in the forest. The guides at Hopewell

the growing chemical industries. Trabia Tallarita mine was started in the 1830s and employed 3,000 people at its peak in 1920. It closed in 1975 and became a museum in 2010. The main displays are in the

industry. Spinning and weaving machines are displayed alongside social material that ensures a focus on people and their stories.

70m long (later extended to 98m but reduced in height after a fire). At this time it employed 100 people. The museum is housed in a fine group of buildings with round-headed cast-iron windows and a tall

wool or hair. The museum shows examples of felt products from different cultures, especially nomadic people in central Asia, including rugs, wall-coverings and clothing. It explains the processes of making

growth of the Finnish railway network made Hyvinkää an important railway junction, attracting both people and industries. Engineer Ossian Donner (1866-1957) founded the Hyvinkää wool spinning mill in 1892

Sääksmäki area. The journey takes the viewer from the pre-historic era to the modern times and brings people from the past to life. The strong industrial heritage is an important part of the exhibition. Also