leading industrial cities and its diverse manufacturing enterprises played a significant part in the early Industrial Revolution. Thinktank is the city’s museum of science and industry, which was established [...] established in 1951 and moved to the present site in 2001. The collections have been made since the nineteenth century and span 250 years, covering transport, mechanical engineering, instrumentation, gun-making [...] Boulton and Watt, including the Smethwick pumping engine of 1779 - the oldest working steam engine in the world. Key objects include other stationary steam engines, William Murdock’s model for his steam

and books relating to arts and trades of all kinds’. It opened in 1799 in the buildings of a priory dissolved during the Revolution. In the course of the 19th century it acquired collections from several [...] of technology in France dates from 1794, the time of the French Revolution, when a national conservatory of arts and trades (Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers) was created, which was conceived [...] exhibitions held in France. Until the 1880s the Conservatoire was involved with the patent system and acquired many models and drawings submitted by aspirant patentees. The museum’s Industrial Portfolio includes

pioneer of the flax industry in the Industrial Revolution period, and Temple Mill in Leeds is his most impressive memorial. After entering his father’s modest linen business in Leeds he acquired a taste for [...] the adjacent offices of 1843, also in the Egyptian style. In the years after its completion the mill attracted many visitors who marvelled at the efficient ways in which production was organised. Temple [...] that was opened in 1791. In 1793 Marshall entered into partnership with Thomas and Benjamin Benyon of Shrewsbury, where, with Charles Bage, they built the iron-framed Ditherington flax mill in 1796-97, but

into the steel sector and in 1917 founded the Compañía Siderúrgica del Mediterráneo, which after the Spanish Civil War became part of its competitor, Altos Hornos de Vizcaya. In 1971 Altos Hornos del Me [...] the aim of creating the IV Integrated Steelworks in Sagunto. The project was never completed, however, as the Industrial Conversion Decree was approved in 1983. After large mobilisations of the workers, [...] Warehouse, Blast Furnace No. 2 and the Spare Parts Warehouse have been preserved, which will become the future Museum of Industrial Heritage and the Workers' Memory of Puerto de Sagunto.

The first modern factory in history was built in Cromford in the Derwent valley, not far from Nottingham. The Derwent is anything but a fast-flowing river. That said it flows quickly enough to be able [...] machine: the water frame. It could spin fine yarn in a way which only hand driven spinning wheels had been able to do until then: but at an unprecedented speed. In 1771 Arkwright built the first water-driven [...] inventions and factories and especially with the people who worked in the factories. The major burden of the Industrial Revolution – here and elsewhere – rested on their shoulders.

factory is also in the vicinity: it has been in operation since around 1900. A further brick-making factory - now disused - in La Guerche sur l'Aubois is currently being restored. Torteron in the north of [...] over the canal in Cuffy is a classic example of the early development of industrial transport routes. Grossouvre is an ideal starting and information point for all these different industrial monuments. [...] 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

In the 19th century todays Chorzów was one of the hot spots of the Industrial Revolution. Königshütte/Kościuszko ironworks was put into operation in 1802. It was one of the first steam-powered steelworks [...] the largest in Europe at the time. After an eventful history, which also reflects the state development of the region, parts of the plant were closed down in the 1990's. The museum is located in the former [...] the exhibition entitled "The Iron Kingdom" is dedicated to the Royal Ironworks (Huta Królewska), to which the city owes its name and growth. Historical steel-making machinery, numerous photographs, historical

Gutenberg, which transformed how knowledge and ideas could be communicated. It then explores the expansion of printing books and images in Lyon in the Renaissance. Changes in the Industrial Revolution included [...] transport and greater mechanisation in printing, for example the invention of fast-operating presses, lithography and photography. This resulted in a huge growth in the diversity and quantity of printed [...] The museum was begun by the master-printer Maurice Audin in 1964 and celebrated its half century with a major renovation in 2014. It occupies the Hôtel de la Couronne, a Renaissance house that became Lyon's

caring for their souls. As a consequence of the French Revolution the monastery was closed down in 1796 and its life came to an abrupt end. Only in 1826 did new activities begin to revive life inside the [...] A lovingly designed journey back in time entitled "The Journey in the Balloon" presents highly detailed historical scenes from the history of glass manufacturing in Val Saint Lambert. After their time-journey [...] The company was first quoted on the stock market in 2005, an exclusive boutique has been opened in Brussels and further boutiques are being planned in Paris, New York and Tokyo. If that´s not success,