Belgium, were recognised in 1158 when the Abbey of Signy gained rights to quarry there. The modern industry dates from the arrival in the village of Jean Baptist Collard in 1702. He began the open-cast working

the house you will be given a potted history of jenever from the mediaeval alchemist´s chamber to industrial production. As you will learn in the museum’s jenever academy, jenever should be sipped rather

the history of water supplies in Prague from the twelfth century, through the Renaissance and the industrial developments of the nineteenth century to the present. The museum includes paintings of the waterworks

The technical museum in Vienna holds many artefacts of significance to the industrial history of Europe. It was formally established in 1908, with Dr Ludwig Erhard as its director, as part of the jubilee

fountain in terracotta, presented to the city after the International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry in 1888 by Sir Henry Doulton (1820-97). The museum also has displays of pottery, textiles, glass

trust was formed by papermaking companies to conserve the mill as evidence of the history of the industry. Production on the nineteenth-century paper machines resumed in 1991. The machines are worked by

which are concerned with the history of shipbuilding along the Baltic coast, and the revival of the industry in the early years of the DDR. The crafts used in building wooden ships in the 18th century are

aristocratic Solages family, who in the 19th century installed steam engines and developed a glass industry. The miners of Carmaux went on strike in 1892 and were famously supported in their struggle against

source of iron in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. One of the principal monuments of the iron industry is the ore mine at Llorts in the parish of Ordino, where guided tours are provided for visitors

Linzer Dusenverfahren process or Linz Donawitz or LD process. The steelworks at Linz is the largest industrial site in Austria and extends over 5.2 sq km. Stahlwelt (Steel world) is a multi-media centre which

building opened in 2007. The museum is important in several respects in the wider context of European industrial history. The ‘Test Flight’ section consists principally of experimental aircraft of the 1950s and

although it remained open for freight trains carrying limestone and sand until 1988. The copper industry of the Churnet Valley was once of great importance and the limestone quarries at Cauldon Low were

Park, established in 1962. It offers an exhibition ‘From Mine to National Park’ which links the industrial history of the area with its ecology. There is a geological garden where rocks and minerals can

making salt depicted by Georgius Agricola that were widely practiced in northern Europe before the Industrial Revolution. The island museum service has a seaweed farm, with a mill constructed from timbers

mid-nineteenth century several of the warehouses were converted into corn mills. The boat-building industry flourished at Shardlow, in the nineteenth century, and several marinas built, maintain and accommodate

clean and germ-free drinking water for almost 100 years from 1893 onwards. Since 2011, the museum, industrial monument and nature park have been inviting visitors to experience a part of the city's modern

mining. Enjoy sound and light shows as they show how the area developed to become the home of the Industrial Revolution and see how Singing Cavern, the awe inspiring cavern became a fitting backdrop for early

ditches were dug in order to generate energy using water wheels. This meant that an attractive industrial heritage landscape developed which can still be seen at many sites today. There were once 48 forges

sets could be bought on hire purchase. A further section of the museum illustrates the nature of industrial work. The museum includes a beer hall where visitors can sample typical Danish working-class food

the pits, and finally came to an end in 1958. Migrants from Poland played an important part in the industry, the first of them arriving in the area in the 1870s. An agreement of 3 September 1919 between the