slave trade. He also supported the creation of a hospital and theatre for the fast-growing city. His home, Soho House, hosted meetings of the influential group of scientists known as the Lunar Society, which [...] The name Boulton & Watt is among the most famous of the industrial revolution. The company was a partnership between the inventor and steam-engine designer James Watt and the businessman and inventor Matthew [...] in 1796 they opened a specialist foundry to make the engines themselves. Boulton’s vision of the potential of steam power and his funding for development led to further advances, notably rotary motion

enrichment of the European industrial landscape to this day. Some of the very first industrial breweries still exist today, either fulfilling their original function or not. The majority of breweries can [...] BREWING OF BEER Listen Beer has been an enjoyable part of social interaction since ancient times and this fact is, naturally, reflected in the cultural landscape of Europe. In the Early Middle Ages, it [...] in volume; in fact, the remnants of beer production can be found in some monasteries still today. Later, at the end of the Middle Ages, in connection with the founding of royal towns, royal breweries, burghers’

director who made two documentaries that are of importance to students of industrial history. He had an individualistic style that fits into no particular school of film-making. Born at Fougeres, he did several [...] steelworks (on the scale of the preserved works at Völklingen), in the Saar. It was intended as a celebration of Guy Monnet’s plan for the modernisation of French industry as part of the European Coal and [...] furnaces, and some of the accidents that from time to time kill or disable the workers. The following year Franju made Hotel des Invalides, an ironic critique of France’s principal military museum. He directed

president of the national institute of industry in the 1970s he led more than 200,000 employees. His family ran a hardware store in Barcelona. After graduating from the school of industrial engineers in [...] Villalonga became one of the outstanding business leaders of the late-twentieth century in Spain, a technocrat ‘trouble-shooter’ and moderniser who managed enterprises in all sectors of Spanish industry. As [...] in business development, education, training and museums. He argued for the importance of generalist technocratic leaders who brought together a range of skills to work alongside technical specialists.

several parts of Europe and took his knowledge to Łodz in Poland. The factory he built there in 1855 was one of the biggest in the world, covering 168 hectares. The population of Łodz as an industrial city grew [...] took over the factory. In 1852, he began to develop a series of cotton factories in the city of Łodz. By 1870, his company was the largest of its kind in Poland and employed nearly 2,000 people. He continued [...] station and workers’ settlement at Księży Młyn are preserved. Schiebler’s mansion there is now the museum of cinematography. His wife built a massive gothic mausoleum for him at Łodz.

Steam power was one of the critical innovations of the industrial revolution, allowing mechanical power to be concentrated wherever it was needed. The evolution of the technology relied on many inventors [...] makers who gradually spread the use of engines to all parts of the world. Richard Williams was an engineer from England who moved in the 1780s to the southern German state of Saxony to build beam engines. The [...] beam engine was built in 1712 by the English ironmonger Thomas Newcomen. The value of engines in pumping water out of mines was immediately recognised and after 20 years about 100 were in use. Many inventors

who contributed to the industrial development of Vizcaya (the Basque region). He came from a family of iron-ore merchants at Portugalete, on the navigable estuary of the city of Bilbao. His father was [...] died unexpectedly of a stroke at the age of 45 in 1900. His brother Benigno was made Marquis of Chávarri in 1914. A monument to him was put up in Portugalete in 1903 and the RIALIA museum shows material connected [...] company Altos Hornos de Vizcaya. He acquired further mining interests and promoted the construction of railways: the Bilbao to Santander railway and, in the year before his early death, the Basque-Asturias

portable steam engines. At the end of his life Lanz employed 3,000 people and was nicknamed ‘the king of Mannheim’. The factory was at first in the Schwetzingerstadt area of Mannheim and later moved to the [...] family sold the majority of their shares to the American company John Deere. The Lanz name was used until 1967. The Lanz-Leo’s Museum in Rimbach, Bavaria, preserves a collection of the company’s engines and [...] goods store in Mannheim and took a course at the school of commerce in Stuttgart. When he returned to the family business in 1860 he took charge of importing agricultural machinery and set up a repair workshop

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF TURKEY Listen By the beginning of the 20th century, the once-glorious Ottoman Empire had deteriorated for all practical purposes into an agricultural colony of the West. Due [...] santral istanbul energy museum – was established in Istanbul under the Ottomans, the new era saw the construction of numerous power and hydroelectric plants. After the Great Depression of 1929, the government [...] become independent of imports. The giant steel works in Ereğli on the Black Sea commenced operation in 1965. Among the increasing number of private start-ups was the first bakery of sweets manufacturer

Saxony that now has a population of more than 30,000. It lies 30 km south-west of Wilhelmshaven, not far from the border with the Netherlands. It stands within an expanse of wetlands where some colonisation [...] the building of the Nordgeorgfehn Canal which was opened in 1906, and drained the wetlands as well as providing transport facilities. The purpose of the town was to enable the exploitation of peat reserves [...] expanded with the construction of more glasshouses, and in 1952 the first Blütenfest (flower festival) was organised in Wiesmoor. It was one of the factors, with the building of baths, a health centre and

Outside the gates of Seraing, which is dominated by the huge industrial plant belonging the Cockerill-Sambre concern, lies a truly splendid building on the right bank of the River Maas: the former Cistercian [...] monastery of Val Saint Lambert. Since it was founded it has been heavily damaged many times: the last time in 2006 when the roof of the abbey castle was destroyed by fire. Nonetheless the group of buildings [...] even included its own workers´ quarter. Nowadays visitors to the museum can go on an impressive guided tour which includes a demonstration of glass production at close quarters. A lovingly designed journey

the basis of cotton, which the Arabs brought to Malta in the 9th century. The governments protected this trade through a wide range of laws and decrees – even the Grand Masters of the Order of the Knights [...] and the US quickly squeezed the Maltese producers out of the market. Following the arrival of the Order of the Knights of St John, maritime-related trades gained in importance, particularly ship maintenance [...] mooring when it began replacing a portion of its galleys with larger, sail-driven ships of the line. However, due to the severe lack of raw materials on Malta, most of these were built in France. Dockyard Creek

there and a densely populated industrial region developed around the cities of Kerkrade and Heerlen. Even the crises of the interwar period could not stop the momentum of the upswing: in 1919 the airline [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS Listen Industrialisation came late: on the one hand, because the Netherlands had only small deposits of the key raw materials coal and iron ore, and on the [...] revenues played as the technologies of the industrial age gradually took hold in the Netherlands is still unclear. In any case, they contributed to the construction of the railway network, which began in

Krupka owns the longest lode of tin ore in Central Europe, and the Altenberg Mining Museum illustrates the background of a huge crater shaping the landscape, caused by the collapse of extensive underground galleries [...] by places like the German Museum of Watchmaking in Glashütte or the museum in Schlettau Castle , which explores, with its passementerie workshop, a very particular branch of the textile industry. Another [...] Freiberg Municipal and Mining Museum reveals the interconnections involved and highlights the remains to be experienced. Many sites in the Ore Mountains address specific aspects of the region's mining history

The museum preserves the former Pythagoras engineering works in an attractive group of low brick buildings around a courtyard. The works continued to be named after the Ancient Greek mathematician after [...] peak the works employed 80 people. The factory became derelict in the 1960s but was rescued by a group of volunteers in the 1980s. The entire production line can be followed from the design office to the machine

volcanic soil that contains pumice stone. They are ideal for the manufacture of tomato purée. Dimitrios Nomikos began production of purée in 1916, and founded a family firm that in 1922 built a pioneering [...] Santorini is an island in the Cyclades in the Southern Aegean Sea. The island produces crops of large cucumbers, Spanish vetchling, capers and aubergines. Cherry tomatoes cultivated there from the late [...] Nomikos built a plant at Vlychada, the best tomato growing area on the island. In the 1950s it was one of nine factories on Chios, and in 1971 began to export to other countries. As tourism grew in the Greek

masse – in the form of hundreds of slate quarries. In the 19th century the slate tiles on almost every roof in Britain had been mined and cut by Welshmen.The National Slate Museum in Llanberis gives visitors [...] hand-craftsmen revealing the skills and artistry of generations of quarry workers. Much of the site still looks like it did in the 19th century. The gigantic waterwheel that once drove all the machinery is still [...] visitors a vivid impression of their masterly skills. It is located in the Victorian workshops of the vast Dinorwig slate quarry. Here you can see slate-splitting demonstrations by traditional hand-craftsmen

Europe. He was the son of the pot founder Isaac Wilkinson (1695-1784) and the younger brother of John Wilkinson (1728-1808) the most prominent ironmaster of the British Industrial Revolution. Both William [...] Creusot, the first stage of which included four blast furnaces, and 24 km of iron railway. The last stages of the journey from Bersham to Le Creusot of a steam engine cylinder inscribed ‘Wilkinson’ were [...] at Indret near the mouth of the Loire were executed by Pierre Toufaire, but the works was unsuccessful and produced few cannon. Ignace de Wendel, an artilleryman, and a member of a family with long experience

wonderful views of the city. This is not only due to the height of the trains but to Wuppertal itself – more precisely to the nature of the Wupper valley, which is the literal translation of “Wupper-Tal” [...] follow the course of the river like the overhead railway. Thus passengers are able to glide over a crowded city landscape of old textile mills, residential areas and squares most of which sprang up in [...] connection between the two ends of the long and winding city. Since most of it was built over the river it also took up very little valuable building space and saved an immense amount of expense in buying up land

environments react to the opening up of the huge open spaces that are typical for traditional airports? This event is being organised on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Tempelhof Airport, which opened [...] among others: Which typologies of construction and materials have emerged and how have these developments stimulated each other worldwide? What successful examples of re-use concepts exist across Europe [...] Thanks to the cooperation with ERIH, online guests will be able to use simultaneous English translation of lectures and discussions. The excursion on 25.09.2023 in cooperation with KulturerbeNetz.Berlin will