one of the most important industrialists in nineteenth-century Spain. He developed a diversity of industrial enterprises, gained colossal wealth and, as an economist, influenced politics and government. He [...] from the trade in enslaved African people. He decided to return to Barcelona to invest his money in industry and travelled in Europe and the United States researching opportunities. In 1838, he started with [...] in the Sants district of Barcelona. After studying the manufacture of corduroy cotton fabric in England he created a partnership with the engineer Domingo Ramis in 1846 to manage the factory, which was

systems and, of course, factories and power plants: 112 historic industrial sites and museums join the seventh "Days of Industrial Heritage on the Waterfront" for guided tours and demonstrations, visits [...] Tunnel in Hamburg's St. Pauli district – another new entry in the programme of this year's industrial heritage festival. These few examples reveal the diversity of the attractions on offer, covering a wide

weaver from Lancashire in north-west England, who invented the ‘spinning jenny’, which was the earliest of a succession of inventions that enabled the industrialization of cotton spinning. The name ‘jenny’

Richard Hartmann was one of the leading figures in the engineering industry that flourished in Saxony from the mid-nineteenth century. He was not a native of Saxony having been born at Barr in Alsace, [...] locomotive was completed in 1848. He built locomotives that were the equal of those imported from England, with which they were competitive in price, and he became the principal supplier of locomotives to

thriving hat factory. Hat Works focuses on the development of the hatting industry from its humble beginnings in the cottage industry to the mass production of the early 19th century. Live demonstrations of [...] Opening in 2000, Hat Works is the UK’s only museum dedicated solely to the hatting industry, hats and headwear! The museum was developed in Stockport, one of Manchester´s leading hatting towns. It is an [...] Plant and Co. of Great Ancoats Street in Manchester were the last hat block makers in the North of England.

century. As a museologist Hazelius has had a powerful influence on the presentation of the industrial heritage throughout Europe that extends to the present day. [...] Swedish society before industrialisation, the buildings in Skansen show that the move towards an industrial society was gradual, and that ironmaking, glassmaking and the production of furniture and linen

Lancashire´s role in the industrial revolution. Watch the mighty waterwheel powering the stocks as they thump the wet woollen cloth. Discover famous inventors and international textile industry treasures including [...] of an exciting project to Improve Access and Interpretation supported by generous grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund, The Friends of Helmshore Museum, and others. Cloth production, first wool, then followed

A significant part of Syros’ industrial history is kept, restored and promoted by the industrial museum which opened in May 12, 2000. The exceptional industrial heritage of Syros invites the interested [...] Hermoupolis is an industrial community with an astonishing history. The island of Syros is relatively barren, has few classical antiquities of note, and had a population of only about 4000 in 1800. From [...] settle at Hermoupolis, and their commercials and technological skills transformed it into a thriving industrial city, milling corn brought from the Black Sea, processing lead from Lavrion, spinning cotton, tanning

use as an educational and arts centre, a project which has gained impetus from a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2013. As a move towards self-sufficiency a Kaplan turbine for generating electricity [...] paper for artists. The museum of papermaking, established in the 1980s, shows techniques used in an industry that has been important in the area for several centuries, and still continues on the other side [...] River Bela where Billerudkornäs manufacture grease resistant paper for the food and pharmaceutical industries at a mill that employs 140 people.

also power in the early decades, is now a visitor attraction thanks to its status as a listed industrial heritage building, museum and events location. Highlights for fans of technology include furnaces from

Stahlbau GmbH. After renovation work was carried out, it was opened in 1996 as a house of industrial heritage by the association “Haus für Industriekultur”. It has been owned by the Hessian State Museum [...] art nouveau reliefs in the windowsills, meaning that Klee designed the decorative exterior on an industrial scale. The company Alter, which was also to make a name for itself in aircraft and railway carriage [...] Stempel AG (1895-1985) in Frankfurt am Main. The museum demonstrates developments in the printing industry from the beginning of the 19th century right up to the mid-1970s with the help of printing workshops

Commission of the Mining Industry, and the following year he was one of the founders of the Bergakademie (Mining Academy) at Freiberg. In 1776 he made an extensive tour of England, visiting Bristol, Bath [...] Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and Chester. He moved to Prussia in 1777 and became concerned with industrial developments in Upper Silesia, then part of Prussia. He was responsible for installing a Watt steam [...] new constitution in 1790, and was concerned to develop the teaching of science, technology and industrial development at the institution as well as the arts.

building there is a heritage park of steam machinery where visitors can experience the time when steam-powered drainage pumps, winding gear and locomotives revolutionized the mining industry. Those who have

It is located in the former Ravensberger spinning mill and its main focus is on the city’s industrial heritage. Some spinning and weaving machines are still in place and there are also displays concerning [...] Hermann Delius (1819-94) established the Ravensberger Spinnerei. Mechanical engineering and other industries followed. The Ravensberger mill closed in 1974 and the Historical Museum opened on the premises

a small steam engine driving machines by line shafting and belts. One section relates to forest industries and another shows the importance in Jutland of peat bogs, exhibiting peat-cutting machinery and [...] for household fuel. A small sawmill is powered by a portable engine by Marshalls of Gainsborough, England. Potters make traditional Jutland black wares and there are demonstrations of home-based weaving

political refugees in the transfer industrial expertise between countries. He left England and made a new life in France, where he was responsible for setting up industrial colonies and establishing new t [...] were successful and made Rouen a significant centre for the cotton industry. Holker proposed to the French government an industrial espionage department to attract skilled workers and steal technology [...] developing industries in France. He established new textile workers’ colonies at Sens, south of Paris, and Bourges, in central France. With the help of his son John, who undertook tours of industrial espionage

diversity of living and working environments in a metropolitan setting that combines industry and culture. The Industrial Culture Week perfectly reflects this symbiosis with its multi-faceted programme. The [...] 43-kilometre canal, designed for seagoing vessels, makes Amsterdam and its port a leading European industrial hub. It takes advantage of its wide range of businesses, excellent infrastructure on land, on water [...] offer range from a children's steel safari, boat tours and a visit to a recycling plant and other industrial facilities to theatre plays and film screenings, and of course also include museum exhibitions

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still produces leather, especially using small hides. The Maison des Métiers du Cuir is a museum, heritage site and art gallery in a former tannery in the town, next to the River Dadou. The building is in [...] craftspeople. Objects, images, films and documents are used in a permanent exhibition about the industrial and social history of leather. A collection of thousands of skins donated in 2019 from the showroom

The leather tannery district is part of the World Heritage site of the Historic Centre of Guimarães and Couros Zone. The industrial importance of the city was as a centre for leather manufacturing, represented [...] the region from prehistory to the present, covering not just the medieval past and the leather industries but textile manufacturing, international trade, community and society. The displays utilise text