turning and you can see the forges and an iron and brass foundry. Even the narrow gauge railway that linked the quarry with the works is still running. Quarryman's houses have been rebuilt on site and refurnished

businesses and private individuals. Each one of them tells a true personal story that is closely linked to the identity of those who have made footwear their actual way of life. The museum and its current

history. They do not provide set answers or a single truth, but keys to thinking and understanding. Links from the past to the present and the future are created through personal experiences and interactive

bath, which encourages visitors to think about the future of energy. Here the history of the site is linked to today's energy production using mine water geothermal energy, photovoltaics and wind power. Outside

Edwin Clark (1814-94), and was similar in principle to that at Anderton. It replaced five locks that linked the Aa and Lys waterway systems, and raised vessels 13 m. It was replaced by a new lock in 1967,

derived from the Kamienna river, were built in 1838-41. Coke was used after the construction of rail links with Russia in 1885, and the ‘big furnace’ of 1899 continued to produce pig iron until 1968. In the

was adapted from the house built in 1894 by a wealthy Norwegian when a submarine cable was laid linking Iceland with the Faroe Islands, Scotland and the rest of the world. Much of the original equipment

Montagne (Altenberg) near Aachen. During the first decade of the eighteenth century he developed links with Shropshire. He established a copper smelter and a brass works in Coalbrookdale and in 1708 leased

horse-powered factory, although it may not have operated until 1772. From 1770 he developed financial links with Jedediah Strutt (1726-97) and Samuel Need. On 1 August 1771 he leased premises at Cromford, where [...] Cromford. They were also in France and Bohemia before 1790. Arkwright was involved with the canal that linked Cromford to the inland waterways network, and was well-acquainted with intellectuals of the Industrial

career began in 1790 when he was appointed surveyor to the proposed Kennet and Avon Canal, which was to link London with Bristol by a new waterway some 90 km long. Numerous canal projects followed, including

responsible for a network of waterways that became the arteries of Britain’s industrial regions and linked its principal navigable rivers – the Severn, the Trent, the Mersey and the Thames. Brindley was from

General from 1862 for 20 years. In 1845 he was asked to undertake studies for the proposed canal to link the Mediterranean and the Red Sea through Suez and came to the crucial conclusion that the two seas

well into the 20th century. The most celebrated was Das Kapital, published in 1867. He maintained links with revolutionaries in many countries, particularly through the First International, formed in 1864

the purpose. He built a new commercial harbour at Gutuevsky Island in St Petersburg and a railway to link his factories to the docks. Connected to this, he began a major project for the 30-km Morskoy ship

by rail. He was born in Liège to a wealthy family who had interests in railways and banking, and links to the Belgian royal house. As a young man he travelled in the United States and was impressed with

Dudley, in 1712. He had regularly purchased iron from forges in the nearby Stour Valley, and had other links with the West Midlands through his Baptist faith. There is a working replica of the engine in the

harbours in Scotland, and was largely responsible for the engineering of the Caledonian Canal, which linked the east and west coasts of Scotland. In 1808-10 he paid two visits to Sweden to give advice on the [...] Canal. He was engineer from 1815 to the Holyhead Road Commission, and greatly improved the principal link between London and Dublin, which included numerous bridges, among them the innovatory suspension bridge

United States and China, and had outlets in 37 countries by 2009. He designed for films, and had links with pop music through Eric Clapton (b 1945) and through designing costumes for Lady Gaga. He also [...] United States and China, and had outlets in 37 countries by 2009. He designed for films, and had links with pop music through Eric Clapton (b 1945) and through designing costumes for Lady Gaga. He also

pioneer George Stephenson. In 1834 he was appointed as the engineer of the Ludwig Railway for 6 km to link the important commercial centres of Nuremberg and Fürth in Bavaria. Completed the following year,

In 1833 he became involved in the project for what came to be called the Great Western Railway, linking Bristol with London, and from an office in London assisted the passage of the legislation authorising