Milan is the industrial and commercial capital of Italy, and for centuries has been one of the most important manufacturing centres in Europe, celebrated for textiles, motor cars, electrical engineer and [...] former convent, and covers many aspects of the history of science and technology, apart from the industrial history of Milan. It includes a reconstruction of a 17th century foundry, a substantial collection

it is easy to overlook the variety of industrial buildings from all periods and particularly the nineteenth century that lie within the city centre. The industrial economy of Norwich was built on the diverse [...] collection of industrial and social memories, is itself housed in a former shoe factory and one-time prison. The building encapsulates the contradictions of this medieval and later industrial city. Make a [...] textiles, shoe manufacture, food production and pharmaceuticals. Textiles were an important medieval industry in East Anglia employing thousands of outworkers to spin the yarn for the Norwich weavers. As late

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 the north, are home to about [...] in 2001. The municipal museum, established in an old city palace in 2004, focuses on the cutlery industry as well. Its galleries feature an extraordinary collection of products that cover several centuries

related to industrial, marine and nautical themes among others. The museum's collection includes watercolours, oil paintings, instruments and materials used at work and related to industrial development [...] the River Nervión downstream from Bilbao, where the river is best known as the Ria de Bilbao. The industrial museum RIALIA (which takes its name from the river) occupies a building begun in 1993 which was

needed its own generating station to ensure a regular supply of power. Visitors explore the large industrial spaces to see the huge coal-fired steam boilers (later converted to oil), the steam turbines, the

period in the world it is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The site is the main focus of the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape which was inscribed by UNESCO in December 2000 as a World Heritage Site. In the early

The rocky south-west coast of Sardinia combines natural beauty and impressive industrial heritage. The Miniera di Masua and Porto Flavia are within the Geological Mining Park of Sardinia. Mining at Masua

At the end of the 19th century, Berlin became an industrial centre. Apart from an increase of the number of factories there was a significant rise in population with more people moving back and forth in

the manufacture of silk fabrics and thread. A further section places the rise and decline of the industry in the region in its broader political and economic context.

Group (PIOP), is close to a celebrated beauty spot called Kefalari-tou Al-Yanni. All the restored industrial buildings on the 10 ha site depended on water power. A corn mill has working equipment powered

the centuries its people have been closely concerned with shipping but the unique feature of its industrial heritage is its role since classical times in cultivating the mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus and [...] (Mastic villages) lie in the southern part of the island. Research projects into the history of the industry took place in 2007-08, and in 2009 it was decided to build a museum on a site given by the Chios

It was in the 1830s when the heavy industry conquered the area north and west of Birmingham. At that time, the Black Country already was known for its vast, partly near-surface coal layers. Now, iron mills [...] mills, foundries and coke plants joined the numerous mines. Since then the immense industrial plants have largely disappeared. Only the award-winning Black Country Living Museum is still deeply rooted [...] the late 18th and early 19th century when the working of shallow coal seams and the vents of industrialization turned this area black. All the buildings of the open-air museum are original and have been

housed on the site of a disused generating station, is an impressive presentation of the city’s industrial heritage. Here you can see one of the most powerful steam engines in the world. Alongside it stands

domestic beets contained the same sugar as sugar cane. Breeding increased the sugar content until the industrial production of sugar from beet was developed around 1800. The first beet sugar factory was built [...] Union created favourable economic conditions for the cultivation of sugar beet and the beet sugar industry. By 1900, more than 600 beet sugar factories had been established in Germany, including the Oldisleben [...] operation, driving pumps, compressors, the generator and transmission shafts. The reality of GDR industry is documented in the canteen and infirmary. The Oldisleben Sugar Factory Cultural Heritage Foundation

landscape of old textile mills, residential areas and squares most of which sprang up in the early industrial era. A trip in the so-called “Kaiser’s wagon” promises a very special experience. This is the wagon

included fluorite, barytes, galena and quartz, which had varied uses in the chemical and metallurgical industries. The mine had a vertical shaft and seven galleries with over 20 km of tunnels. The tour extends

extracted here in the 19th century. However, it was not until after the Second World War that the oil industry really took off, including in the town of Ivanić-Grad in western Moslavina. In 1949, the first of [...] of pumps used. In the 1960s and 1970s, numerous companies were established, contributing to the industrial development of the town. Ivanić-Grad also developed as a health resort helped by the discovery [...] oil. The tours cover the rich history of the town, the stories of the working families and the industrial architecture. Each important site is marked with an information board.

companies in Italy, instituted in 1910 by the Municipality of Milan. Beyond the protection of its industrial heritage, Fondazione AEM supports scientific researches for energy sustainability and recycling [...] public lighting to the transformation into “Life Company” and its fundamental role for the industrialization of Milan, in particular thanks hydroelectric power. AEM Historical Archives are acknowledge [...] funds are preserved in the old Piazza Trento Power Station, one of the most important place for the industrial history of AEM and great symbol of modernity of Milan.

factory is the oldest remaining first-generation briquette factory in the world. Furthermore the industrial monument is generally acknowledged to be the last evidence of brown coal processing in central [...] involved in briquette production have remained in their basic condition. Visitors can experience the industrial monument from three completely different perspectives. They start by following a nature trail through [...] private households. The visit is rounded off by a mini garden railway featuring models from the industrial history of the Zeitz-Weißenfelser brown coal region.

Monfalcone has been renowned as a centre of the shipyard industry. This is due to the Cosulich family, well-established in the regional shipping industry. Their foundation of a shipyard in today's Panzano district