ARCHITECTURE The continuous improvement in the processing of iron and concrete during the IndustrialRevolution opened up new and previously undreamt-of potentials for architects and engineers. more MINING [...] MINING Coal from European and American collieries was the universal fuel during the IndustrialRevolution. Nonetheless technical inventions in mining played a relatively insignificant role. more PAPER It [...] HISTORY OF SELECTED INDUSTRIES COMMUNICATION The final phase of industrialisation witnessed a revolution in communications: circulation figures for newspapers reached hitherto unknown heights, people were
Communication": retracing the tracks of the industrialrevolution. The result is a "circuit diagram" showing the connections between the main themes of European industrial heritage. In addition to the selection [...] Procedure Regional Routes European Theme Routes Industrial Architecture The continuous improvement in the processing of iron and concrete during the IndustrialRevolution opened up new and previously undreamt-of [...] – the key materials of the industrial era - from iron ore. First, the ore has to be smelted in the blast furnace. more Service and Leisure Industry The IndustrialRevolution resulted in more and more
area of land. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: The IndustrialRevolution History Discussion: The History of the IndustrialRevolution La diffusion de la révolution industrielle en Europe continentale European [...] THE INDUSTRIALREVOLUTION IN EUROPE Listen The industrialrevolution in Europe didn't happen overnight but only spread over the continent very gradually. One of the triggers was the unusually high growth [...] but surely the focus of employment began to switch from the agrarian sector to industrial production. The industrialrevolution in Europe had very different features. Belgium, one of the first industrialised
THE DARK SIDES OF THE INDUSTRIALREVOLUTION INDUSTRIALISED GENOCIDE The systematic mass murder of Jews and Roma and Sinti during the Nazi dictatorship in Germany is often characterised with terms such
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ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF FRANCE Listen The industrialisation of France began late and proceeded so hesitantly that one cannot speak of an "industrialrevolution". The soils of the "Grande Nation" do [...] into the 20th century. Related Links ERIH Link List Searching in History: The IndustrialRevolution in France HpT: Révolution industrielle en France et dans le Monde (XIXe) WIKIPEDIA: Economy of France World [...] a huge blast furnace group began in Uckange. At the same time, industries of the "Second IndustrialRevolution" such as electrical engineering, chemistry and aluminium production became established. The
the new industrial cities. Towards the end of the century, demand diversified as the electrical engineering, chemical and mechanical engineering sectors expanded in the "Second IndustrialRevolution": copper [...] ON THE DARK SIDES OF THE INDUSTRIALREVOLUTION: SLAVERY AND COLONIALIMS Listen For some 75 years, historians have argued about the role that slavery and colonialism played in industrialisation. The key [...] appreciation in the course of debates on post-colonialism. At least for the beginning of the IndustrialRevolution in England, concrete connections have now been proven: English traders trafficked some 2.5
the tracks of the industrialrevolution. Theme Routes take up specific questions relating to European industrial history and reveal potential links between radically different industrial monuments all over [...] discovery along the milestones of European industrial history. What is ERIH ? ERIH is the European Route of Industrial Heritage, a network of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. It is the [...] European industrial history. Germany's Ruhrgebiet, for example. Or South Wales, a key region in the "world's first industrial nation". Both these areas comprise a number of less significant industrial monuments
region centred on Borås and the expanding industrial city of Norrköping. Towards the end of the century, Sweden profited greatly from the Second IndustrialRevolution, in which new sectors outgrew heavy industry [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF SWEDEN Listen Sweden’s long road to becoming an industrial nation followed a familiar path in that the process began with agricultural surpluses and a consequent population [...] enabled Sweden to finance its bid to become a major power. The earliest signs of a nascent industrialrevolution appeared in the first half of the 18th century: entrepreneur Jonas Alströmer founded a partially
ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Listen The IndustrialRevolution began in the fields of British farmers. Thanks to new cultivation methods, they were able to increase their yields in the [...] rolling mills in motion, which shaped red-hot iron blocks into sheets, rails and profiles. The IndustrialRevolution in Great Britain was also financed by the trade in slaves and colonial goods produced by slaves [...] mass-produced goods made by machines. The best example is one of the key raw materials of the IndustrialRevolution: cotton. India, now Britain’s most valuable colony, had exported cotton cloth for centuries
Silesia throughout history The industrialrevolution and the process of industrialization or e.g. 'European Industrial Heritage: The International Story' Overview of post-industrial sites enlisted on UNESCO [...] ACADEMY OF INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE ERIH'S PROJECT TO ATTRACT YOUNG PEOPLE TO INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE AS CARIER OPTION Listen All sites in Europe face the problem of finding well-trained staff, as industrial heritage [...] phenomenon Industrial heritage - the essence, definitions, attributes, categories, understanding of resources Consequences of the process of deindustrialisation for post-industrial communities, industrial heritage
prerequisites for the IndustrialRevolution, as the necessary labour force was now available. However, far too many people sought work in the burgeoning industrial cities, as mechanisation put millions of artisans [...] ON THE DARK SIDES OF THE INDUSTRIALREVOLUTION: WORKERS' MISERY AND LABOUR MOVEMENT Listen In the second half of the 18th century, Great Britain experienced strong population growth - one of the prerequisites [...] their farms became unprofitable after being freed from manorial labour. In Manchester, the first industrial city, the population increased sixfold between 1711 and 1831. In London, it increased by about
European industrial history. Germany's Ruhrgebiet, for example. Or South Wales, a key region in the "world's first industrial nation". Both these areas comprise a number of less significant industrial monuments [...] raw material deposits. more Industrial Valleys The slate hillsides of the Rhineland do not resemble an industrial area in the slightest. That said, it is indeed an industrial area whose economic roots [...] REGIONAL ROUTES OPEN UP THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF A REGION Listen In many European regions there are few industrial heritage sites with touristic potential. Each of this regions has its own specialisms
their rows of spinning frames and thousands of rattling bobbins heralded the coming of the IndustrialRevolution. But these mills also had a darker side to their story as most of the cotton came from plantations [...] opposition between capital and labour. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Textile manufacture during the IndustrialRevolution Textile History - Invention of Textile The Heritage of the Textile Industry. Thematic Study [...] Cromford, and soon built up an empire and became one of the most powerful entrepreneurs in the industrial era. An alternative solution was offered by the spinning jenny, invented by a weaver called James
ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF MONACO Listen The principality has been ruled by the Grimaldi family since 1297. They were stripped of their power during the French Revolution, but in 1861 France restored
ON THE HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE Listen Two ever-improving materials radically changed construction during the IndustrialRevolution: iron, the key material, and concrete. Iron constructions were [...] the requirements of capitalist industrial production, which must always be technically and economically variable. Related Links History of Architecture – Industrialrevolution (18th century) & Revival (1880 [...] (1880 – 1940) A Guide To Industrial Architecture WIKIPEDIA: British industrial architecture Sites of the Theme Route
following the start of the IndustrialRevolution. There is a great deal of European common ground waiting to be discovered. For a start, the living and working conditions of the industrial age were more or less [...] states that formed the heart of the IndustrialRevolution, is to implement the master plan developed during ERIH I. The underlying objectives are to protect Europe’s industrial heritage sites and use their [...] (now dissolved) German Society for Industrial Culture (DGfI) proposed to implement a pan-European network that would help to support the establishment of industrial heritage as a tourism brand. The network
ON THE DARK SIDES OF THE INDUSTRIALREVOLUTION: DESTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT Listen With the industrialrevolution, humans have set in motion an ongoing, seemingly unstoppable process of ecological [...] environmental damage caused by the large-scale proto-industrial operations of the Romans in ancient times: ore smelters, glassworks, potteries and industrial bakeries not only consumed vast quantities of firewood [...] rivers of Europe's mining and industrial regions, whether the Tawe in Wales, the Rio Tinto in Spain or the Emscher in the Ruhr, pollution and fish kills were obvious, but industrial effluent continued to be
overexploitation. In Blaenavon in South Wales, for example, one of the birthplaces of the IndustrialRevolution, an ironworks with three blast furnaces was erected, and this soon triggered off a dramatic [...] beneath eternal clouds of smoke. The largest industrial area on the mainland continent grew up at the end of the 19th century in north-west Germany. Industrial development along the Rivers Ruhr and Emscher [...] ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES Listen It was only around the end of the 19th century, with the second wave of industrialisation, that exposed mining tips and soot-ridden workshops, endless
