Castellar de n’Hug about 90 km north of Barcelona. The works was opened in 1904 by the Companyia General d’Asfalts i Portland, SA, formed in 1901 by the entrepreneur Eusebi Guell and partners. It is built in
The ironworks in the Pays Loire Val d'Abois were once known all over the world. The area manufactured weapons for the French Revolution, pipelines for Madrid and Paris, and components for building the [...] disused - in La Guerche sur l'Aubois is currently being restored. Torteron in the north of the Val d'Abois shows the extent to which urban planning was influenced by the regional industries. Beffes has
wetlands of international importance. The principal historical interpretation is provided in the Valli d’Argenta Museum in a marsh house at Campotto, where there are displays relating to ecology and archaeology
Eperon d’Or (the ‘golden spur’) is a museum in a factory of fine-quality shoes in the traditional centre of Belgian shoemaking. The company was started by Emiel Vandommele in 1863. It became the official
So it's not only history the exhibition explores but also a living monument. Interactive displays, 3D visualisation, videos and a large number of exhibits illustrate past and present of the industrial plant
archive and the oldest history workshop in Hamburg. It is housed in the listed buildings of the former J.D. Feldtmann wire pin factory, founded in 1874. The factory was a supplier to the many industrial companies
time and its work is carried on by the Fiskars Corporation. From 1822 it was managed by Johan Julin (d 1853) who developed the whole area encouraging initiatives in agriculture and forestry, as well as bringing
but is conserved, and interpreted with displays about its history and a working model. The Crystal d’Arques glassworks and the preserved railway, the Chemin de Fer Touristique de la Vallée de l’Aa are
g and print technology since 2001. The collection dates back to the largest European type foundry, D. Stempel AG (1895-1985) in Frankfurt am Main. The museum demonstrates developments in the printing industry
history of trams in the region but also a display of buses and a collection of scale models. Pavilion D exhibits luxury cars such as Rolls-Royce and Cadillac.
of Jewish industrialists during the Third Reich. The factory was established in 1913 by Hugo Juhl (d 1939) and his wife Clara (b 1887) for the manufacture of table linen, bed linen, women’s underclothes
Apart from Thiers (F) and Solingen (D), Albacete ranks among Europe’s most important cutlery manufacturing centers. The industrial quartes beyond the old city gates and in Madrigueras, a small town to
How do you steal a mountain? You knock it off. That’s the answer you’d get from a Welshman. The Welsh speak from experience. In North Wales they knocked off mountains en masse – in the form of hundreds
closed by the founder’s grandsons in 1886. The buildings that remain include Mill ‘C’ of 1815-16, Mill ‘D’ of 1826 and Mill ‘E’ of 1830, all iron-framed structures on the same basic principles that were pioneered
the clay there ran out, the processes were gradually relocated between 1913 and 1923 to Saint-Martin-d'Aubigny. Due to competition from other building materials and the start of the Second World War, the
The Printing Workshop – also called Imagerie d’Épinal – is part of the Cité des Images complex in Épinal, which celebrates the city’s special history in the reproduction of colour images. The workshop
Santorini is an island in the Cyclades in the Southern Aegean Sea. The island produces crops of large cucumbers, Spanish vetchling, capers and aubergines. Cherry tomatoes cultivated there from the lat
ly steep at 52%. The funicular was built in 1890 by a contractor from the Croatian city of Osijek, D. W. Klein, to replace a long flight of steps. It was powered by a steam engine housed in a building
early pioneers. It starts with a big screen showing original footage of historical Zeppelin flights. A 3D documentary provides an almost physical impression of the airships' tremendous size. Visitors who board
