left us with a rich industrial heritage. A vast network of sites spread across Europe. It just needs to be brought back to life - and that is what the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is doing [...] ERIH'S ROUTE SYSTEM: YOUR GUIDE TO EUROPE'S INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE Listen Where was the first factory in the world? Where was the biggest steam engine built? And where was the most modern colliery of its [...] doing. Join us on an exciting journey of discovery through the most important sites of Europe's industrial history. Read more about ERIH and it's (virtual) route system of Anchor Points, Regional Routes and

along the milestones of European industrial history. What is ERIH ? ERIH is the European Route of Industrial Heritage, a network of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. It is the common [...] left us a rich industrial heritage. A gigantic network of sites spread all over the continent. It only has to be brought back to life. That is what the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is doing [...] the complete range of European industrial history. After that, they tell tourists what they can see at a local level. Visitors of all ages can relive their industrial heritage in the form of attractive guided

in the town. The saltworks, with that at Arc-et-Senans forms part of a regional circuit of industrial heritage sites.

the early civilisations of Mesopotamia and Egypt and in antiquity was already produced on a proto-industrial scale. Apparently, the people of what is now Hallstatt in Austria were the first to manufacture [...] Poland for instance, Lüneburg in Northern Germany, and a number of salines in Worcestershire in England. At that time salt refining became more efficient through the utilisation of large pans made of lead [...] industrialisation in the UK, because salt now was increasingly sought for as a commodity for chemical industries. Particularly it was needed to produce soda, a bleaching agent in the booming cotton business.

tones. Today both the painter and the place are world-famous. Hockney was born in the Northern industrial city of Bradford. And Salts Mill, an old textile factory, was built in Shipley just to the north [...] north of Bradford. Something unheard of occurred here in the mid 19th century. Saltaire Village, an industrial settlement which placed great value on the quality of life, was constructed in the beautiful Aire [...] village, which is still inhabited, has survived for over a century almost unscathed as a unique industrial monument. Today Salts Mill remains the undisputed centre of business. But it now houses electronics

promoted the international diffusion of technology in the iron and steel and mechanical engineering industries, and advocated in Great Britain the high standards of technical education that he observed elsewhere [...] mechanical engineers of Manchester, and in 1846-48 set up their works at Tours. He returned to England in 1848, and, probably through his brother Martin who was working as an assistant to C B Dockray [...] Cleveland Agricultural Show, where C B Dockray introduced him to John Vaughan, the pioneer of the iron industry in that part of Yorkshire. The following year Samuelson erected two blast furnaces at South Bank

In this area as in many other parts of Europe, the conservation and rehabilitation of the industrial heritage are combined with projects for economic revitalisation. The reception area of the museum is [...] source to its confluence with the River Nalon. The whole valley is full of the evidence of past industries, with mines of many types, including adits, shafts and open-cast workings, railways, inclined planes

located in various European mining regions, provide a unique opportunity to discover the rich industrial mining heritage in a sustainable way, immersing visitors in the history and culture of the mining communities [...] by miners during the great mining epic. Walking along this Trail, you will encounter mines and industrial archaeological sites from the Sardinian mining era. The Santa Barbara Mining Trail, in italian [...] Park of Sardinia. The CMSB Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the tangible and intangible mining heritage, offering hikers a unique opportunity to discover the history of the miners and their cultural identity

of the Sächsisches Industriemuseum (The Saxony museum of industry) and part of the Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří World Heritage Site.

an industrial and landscape archaeologist with more than 30 years of experience in the heritage sector, helped to set up the first ERIH networks in the UK and more recently, as Industrial Heritage Support [...] has been involved in providing support for England’s industrial heritage sites and the organisations that run them. In this role, on behalf of Historic England, he has already worked closely with Jonathan [...] He is deputy head of industrial heritage at Historic Environment Scotland, which includes a number of sites that hold ERIH membership. The position of ERIH Coordinator for England is now in the hands of

Rhineland-Palatinate to be part of the European Route of Industrial Heritage: "We are proud that Sayner Hütte has joined the ranks of ERIH World Heritage Sites such as Völklingen Ironworks and the Zollverein [...] will be attending the ceremony on 24 March at 3 pm as well. His keynote speech on this "jewel of industrial history" states, among other things: "The attractively restored buildings on the monument site [...] concert at 6 pm. Prior to this, the foundation invites visitors to take a free guided tour of the heritage complex. Bendorf (D). Sayner Hütte Ironworks

government to management by a board of trustees. Many of the principal exhibits relating to industrial heritage are displayed in a section called Making the Modern World, which includes the steam locomotive [...] London holds one of Europe’s greatest collections of artefacts relating to the history of science and industry. A collection of objects from the Great Exhibition of 1851was put on permanent display in South

were exported to other parts of Scotland, to England, and abroad to Europe. The Musem is a National Museum, telling the story of the Scottish fishing industry, its boats, harbours and communities. It displays [...] displays cover virtually every aspect of the industry and community, both at sea and on shore. The variety and beauty of old fishing boats are shown in the models and original vessels. Social history is

The award-winning Scottish Maritime Museum at Irvine and Dumbarton is home to Scotland's seafaring heritage. At two sites in the west of Scotland you can learn about Scotland’s importance to maritime history [...] and Brothers’ innovative and experimental approach to shipbuilding made waves in the shipbuilding industry from the 1800s to 1963. See the world’s first commercial ship model experiment tank. Enter the world

region at the mouth of the River Tagus, 14 km south of Lisbon, and has been the home to a variety of industries, the monuments of several of which are preserved by the Municipal Ecomuseum. The maritime museum [...] trips on the river are amongst the museum’s activities. The museum is a member of European Maritime Heritage, which promotes the operation of traditional ships.

Rudnik, established in 1853, is Serbia’s oldest active brown coal mine and the oldest preserved industrial heritage site. Located in eastern Serbia, 150 km southeast of Belgrade, this small town is surrounded [...] project of rehabilitation of the site and transformation of the Museum to modern national industrial heritage centre has been started, supported by the EU and Council of Europe. [...] and mountain gorges. Senjski Rudnik is a fabulous place for interpretation of social history and industrial culture. Coal mine complex is interesting mixture of living history and still existing contemporary

practice websites on different topic dealing with industrial heritage. more LINKS Our link list: websites from all over Europe which present the industrial heritage of a country or a region – most of them from [...] SERVICE ERIH IH BAROMETER Since 2018, ERIH has been conducting surveys of industrial heritage sites in Europe in partnership with the Regionalverband Ruhr. more EXPERTS DATABASES Following you will find

This journey into the industrial past is a good 25 km long and leads through the heart of England. The Severn Valley Railway operates almost throughout the year with a huge variety of historic steam trains

inland port where the main road from London to Manchester crossed the Trent & Mersey Canal. One of England’s first long-distance canals, the T&MC extends 150 km from the Bridgewater Canal at Preston Brook [...] mid-nineteenth century several of the warehouses were converted into corn mills. The boat-building industry flourished at Shardlow, in the nineteenth century, and several marinas built, maintain and accommodate [...] modern pleasure craft. The Salt Warehouse, the oldest canal warehouse in the village, now houses a heritage centre, where there are displays featuring the history of the canal and those who worked on it,

the first industrial heritage sites to be preserved in Britain. A campaign to protect it as part of the heritage of steelmaking in Sheffield began in 1933. It is now run by Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust