the symbol of the industrial revolution which began in the neighbouring iron works belonging to the Coalbrookdale Company. Its factory buildings set milestones along the path of industrial progress from cast [...] Later other important industrial enterprises were set up in the neighbourhood. Today the old factory sites offer a fascinating tour through a total of no less than ten museums. This includes a complete [...] England. A trip to the Ironbridge Gorge is an exciting journey into the pioneering past of the industrial era. The monuments to this unique breakthrough have now been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage

England, by Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, made a crucial contribution to the rise of the iron and steel industry on the Rivers Fentsch and Orne. Ore mining not only took place underground; there was also enough [...] climb to the top of this huge yellow construction, from which they can get a fine view over the industrial landscape and the rows of old working class houses that are still standing in Aumetz today. They

The principal museum of the Staropolski Industrial Region, where Stanislaw Staszic(1755-1826), Director of the Division of Industry and Mining of the Congress Kingdom of Poland between 1816 and 1824, and [...] when it closed and became a museum. After it had been largely-destroyed during the Second World War, it was restored from 1956, and historic machines from other industrial sites were displayed in its buildings

between 1873 and 1926. Four are normally in traffic, two are in the museum, and one is sectioned in the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester. The line is usually open during the tourist season between [...] passed through many changes in ownership but is now managed by the Manx government. The railway’s museum at Port Erin, displays two locomotives, the Queen’s coach and the governor’s saloon, together with

the whole complex as an industrial monument where visitors are able to see examples of Bengel’s work, and displays illustrating the industrialisation of the jewellery industry, as well as to meet artists [...] the towns developed into the principal jewellery manufacturing area in Germany. The German Gemstone Museum displays several thousand varieties of stone, and shows the ways in which they have been worked in [...] artists in residence. The wider aspects of the industry can be experienced by following the two trails, with a total length of 48 km, set up by the German Gemstone Route, which link together all the sites

municipal museum, the Jana Pazdura Nature and Technological Museum, that takes its name from the pioneer of Industrial Archaeology in Poland who was above all the historian of the Starapolski Industrial Region [...] from the remains of the ironworks the museum also displays the history of the Star Truck Co that has produced heavy motor vehicles in Starachowice since 1948. The museum also interprets the ecology of the [...] Kielce, was one of the key sites in the development in the early 19th century of the Starapolski Industrial Region by Stanislaw Staszic (1755-1826). Charcoal-fired blast furnaces with bellows originally

history of jenever production. The museum’s master piece can be found in the distillation room: a complete 19th century steam distillery. You can see the museum’s master distiller at work and the listed [...] given a potted history of jenever from the mediaeval alchemist´s chamber to industrial production. As you will learn in the museum’s jenever academy, jenever should be sipped rather than drunk. A dummy de

and is a good example of how to turn the industrial past into a living present! That said, all the power-generating machines in the Johann Wülfing & Sohn Museum in Radevormwald are still completely intact [...] years. The museum on a part of the site is now in the process of extending its exhibition on textile manufacturing. A number of small companies have set up business in and around the museum site – new [...] powerful apparatus is turning once again at regular intervals for show demonstrations. Visitors to the museum can get an idea of how the power was transmitted via the line shafts to the various production d

visitors are able to join by appointment. The museum in the Market Square provides an introduction to the history of the town, including its industrial heritage.

This is an extraordinary and beautiful industrial building. It was a watch factory built on a steep hillside in many terraces so that all the workshops would have large windows for light. It was completed [...] began in 1861 and in 1903 had 3,000 employees. The building was carefully restored and opened as a museum of clocks and watches in 2018. It displays an important collection of clocks and watches made in

clean and germ-free drinking water for almost 100 years from 1893 onwards. Since 2011, the museum, industrial monument and nature park have been inviting visitors to experience a part of the city's modern [...] island was abandoned for many years. The Water Art opened in 2011 and, in addition to a nature and museum education programme, offers a variety of guided tours and workshops for all age groups.

as a supplier of raw materials and a sales market for Russia’s first industrial plants. The modest beginnings of the large industrial districts were in the middle of the 19th century: the mining of coal [...] since 1929, the population grew and new food processing and light industry enterprises were established. During the Second World War, industry grew because Moscow moved factories from contested western territories [...] The Soviet government also invested massively in heavy industry - but as was so often the case, at the expense of the light and food industries, so that Kazakhstan had to import finished goods largely

label “Made in Sheffield”. The Kelham Island Museum, housed on the site of a disused generating station, is an impressive presentation of the city’s industrial heritage. Here you can see one of the most

can walk in narrow alleys surrounded by red brick factory buildings, see the remnants of its past industrial use, listen to the sound of the rapids and enjoy a cup of coffee or browse the boutiques that now [...] the first aluminium boats in Finland, called Kellovene. The factory ceased operations in 1979. The museum exhibition on site presents the ironworks history and the surrounding village life in many ways. [...] that were manufactured, showing the large range of the varitey of items that were manufactured. The museum is located in the old factory area in the lower workshop, and also has annually changing exhibitions

the museum, a gallery is dedicated to Champion’s work and the interpretation of the site, including models of a zinc foundry and workers’ housing. The museum also has displays about other industries in [...] Warmley, on the eastern edge of the Bristol conurbation. Parts of the works are now Kingswood Heritage Museum, including a windmill tower and a horse-operated mill. Features that survive in other uses nearby

The Kleinenbremenb Visitor Mine and Museum is located in the former Wohlverwahrt iron ore mine in Kleinenbremen, a district of Porta Westfalica. Originally a limestone quarry, iron ore was discovered here [...] here in the 19th century and led to the industrial revolution in Kleinenbremen. From 1883 until the 1960s, iron ore was mined here in several shifts, first by hand and then with large machines. The mine [...] also expanded during the Second World War for underground relocation in armaments production. In the museum visitors can discover the evidence of the earth's history with regional fossils and the history of

The Klevfos museum, 20 km east of Hamar, is a conserved chemical wood pulp and paper mill, built in 1888, which once made 3000 tonnes pa of sulphate pulp that was used to make wrapping paper. Most of the

feel: entering the former Knappenrode briquette factory means to explore 100 years of Lusatian industrial history with all your senses. The visit starts by climbing the 22-metre open staircase. From up [...] landscape where former open-cast lignite mines have been transformed into attractive lakes. In the museum itself, visitors breathe the smell of pressed briquettes as if the final shift only ended yesterday

The Messerer Museum is located in a prominent position on the bank of the River Steyr in the centre of the small historic town of Steinbach an der Steyr. The production of blades and knives was among the [...] the important iron-based industries of the Steyr area for centuries. The present handsome, three-storey buildings date from 1892 with many later alterations but the site was probably used for knife grinding [...] grinding as long ago as the Middle Ages. The museum is housed in the front building. From the 1930s it was the knife factory of Franz Pils and Son. On the ground floor the production of knives is explained

has been re-developed, in part under the Bergslagen initiative which aims to transform historic industrial sites in Sweden’s mining region (i.e. Bergslagen) into centres for cultural activities and sustainable [...] The project is known as a Verket (which translates as ‘Agency’) and as an Invelsemuseum (‘empathy museum’). Visitors can now explore the blast furnaces and the Siemens-Martin steel plant, whose workings