the scene the brown coal came from primitive drift mining shafts. Later, around 1900, these were linked by a chain railway to the neighbouring open-cast mine. From 1928 onwards the coal was transported

resistance to drug imports ended in 1860 with defeat by troops of the colonial powers. Related Links ERIH Link List The Victorian Web: Victorian Technology London | Liverpool | Bristol and the transatlantic [...] steadily growing quantities of Indian cotton were imported and finished goods exported. By 1838, the link from Birmingham, the centre of the English Midlands, to London was in place, and in the "railway mania"

museum’s displays include one that tells the story of slave labour under the Nazi regime, and of its links with factories in Wiener Neustadt. Karl Flanner was a member of the board of trustees of DÖW, the

between Fenny Compton and Stratford-upon-Avon in the English Midlands. Crampton always maintained his links with his native Broadstairs. In 1851 he established, financed and built the town’s gasworks, and in

failure. The Rhein-Marne canal, completed in 1853, ran between Vitry-les-Francois and Strasbourg and linked the Saone, the Marne, the Maas, the Mosel and the Saar. The barges on the Rhine on their way from

the Geilenkirchener Kreisbahn (GKB) had been in operation since April 1900 – more than 70 years – linking the rural area of Selkant in the far west of Germany with the region around Aachen. The railway

design carrying not only the railway from London to Holyhead but also a major European roadway, linking Continental Europe to Ireland. The full history of the bridges and several artefacts can be seen

superior to that of charcoal. To make matters worse the Lenne Valley railway was built as a direct link between the ore reserves in the Siegerland region and the blast furnaces in the Ruhrgebiet. The L

in 1898, a 597 mm gauge line extending 31 km through the rugged scenery of the fringes of Exmoor, linking the twin resorts of Lynton and Lynmouth with the main line railway at Barnstaple. The line was supported

Anderson, a suffragette and the first woman to qualify as a Doctor in Great Britain. Good transport links and a tidal river created ideal conditions for the production of malt. Barley the principal product

military purposes during the Cold War and those used in space exploration programmes. The site was linked to the railway from St Omer to Boulogne. The base was never used for its intended purposes as a result

celebrations. From now on the neighbouring industrial towns of Solingen and Remscheid were directly linked. This was particularly good news for goods traffic for trains had previously been forced to make

The Chemical Industry Estate in Marl has a long history and a huge potential for growth. As such it links the area’s past with perspectives for future development. The driving power behind the estate is ChemSite

wealth gap between the Francophone and the Flemish-speaking parts of the young state. Related Links ERIH Link List Searching in History: The Industrial Revolution in Belgium Industrial Heritage in Belgium

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

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

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

demonstrated the potential hazards which can befall a drop of rain on its way to the sea. A single theme links all these stories, images and adventures: water is precious and needs our protection. The Styrum water

handling the wide variety of packaged cargo that one moved by rail. The Goods Shed was an essential link between the agricultural community of the surrounding area and the outside world. Other buildings