One focus of the project activities will be the generational change in industrial heritage, which is already in full swing: many of the people who have been involved in this field since the beginning are [...] growing, as the increasing number of members indicates. Other ERIH activities like the “European Industrial Heritage Summer School” and different research projects are aimed at collaborating with universities

the industrialisation and a must-have-seen for everybody who is interested in the history of the industry: The 5-storey 55 m long red brick building at the northern suburbs of Shrewsbury was the first [...] of iron and steel. The use of iron beams and columns were an important progress for the textile industry because their buildings were always under thread of fire. The building was erected in 1796-97 for [...] subsequently been much uncertainty over the building’s future, but in 2005 it was purchased by English Heritage, and agreements with a developer for its future use were finalised in 2007. Since then a lot of

glass industries. The area was the most important producer of cobalt in the world from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. It is part of the Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region World Heritage site.

German universities, before visiting England in 1843 to seek markets for an electro-plating process, already patented by his brother in Prussia. In his early years in England he made experiments with superheated [...] Carl Wilhelm Siemens invented many industrial processes and held some 113 patents. He was also a successful entrepreneur who spent most of his active life in his adopted country. He was born in Hanover

past mining activities, but the most significant industrial monument is at Barranco del Chaparral where a steam engine of 1873 made in Reading, England, stands at the head of a shaft, together with the

the liquidation of many historic industrial branches, in some cases entire industrial districts. The Foundation addresses this development with research on the industrial history of Silesia, hands-on protection [...] protection of the tangible industrial heritage and education on the economic factors underlying the threat to industrial relics. The most important activity of the Foundation is the protection of specific [...] preservation, further development and dissemination of the cultural heritage of Silesia. Foundation for the Protection of Silesian Industrial Heritage

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appreciation in the course of debates on post-colonialism. At least for the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in England, concrete connections have now been proven: English traders trafficked some 2.5 million [...] century - more than any other nation. Proceeds from this flowed into the expanding industrial districts of northern England and Wales. In the industrialisation of Germany in the 19th century, profits from [...] later industrialisation. The industries then contributed decisively to the next wave of colonialism in the late 19th century. This created a huge demand in later industrial nations such as France and the

the main malting buildings. This will incorporate a new Heritage Centre to explain the all-important history of Snape and its maltings industry. Snape Maltings is well-known as an internationally famous [...] one of the largest working maltings in East Anglia, barley was once processed here for the brewing industry. The owners, the Gooderham family, bought the site in the 1960´s and set about its gradual restoration

Snowdon, with a height above sea level of 1078 m, is the highest of all the peaks in Wales and England. Visitors can reach its summit on a railway completed in 1896 which uses the rack-and-pinion system [...] summit, with three passing loops. The location is part of the North West Wales Slate Landscape World Heritage Site.

Mining and Industrial Museum in El Entrego • The Asturian Railway Museum in Gijón • The Railway Industry Museum in Langreo The Asturian Tourist Board has set itself the aim of marketing the industrial heritage [...] other industrial enterprises, all of which contributed to making the region a pioneer in the industrialisation of Spain, alongside Catalonia and the Basque country. All these branches of industry have left [...] these industrial monuments and expressions of a bygone engineering technology are part of the landscape which they once radically transformed. Some of the sites have been turned into industrial museums

Oporto is a city of many industries, but is best known as the entrepot where merchants from many countries have traded in Port wine, brought down the River Douro in sailing barges that passed under Gustav [...] the Société Willbroeck of Brussels. The harbour area of the city, the Ribeira, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Fifty wine companies have their lodges (offices and warehouses) in the narrow streets of the

station square leads to 16 signposted stations and introduces visitors to the toy industry’s history, its architectural heritage and the life and work of Sonneberg’s inhabitants. [...] Sonneberg, the town of toys, was founded in the Gründerzeit (Wilhelminian era) as an industrial settlement with checker-board pattern streets, composing a structure of urban blocks. Over 90 percent of [...] (“Neues Bauen”), including Art Déco, Bauhaus and neoclassicism. Most important witnesses to the toy industry are the German Toy Museum, the New Townhouse as the Town of Toys’ representative office, and the

developed into a leading industrial nation. Related Links ERIH Link List WIKIPEDIA: Revolución industrial en España WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Spain World Atlas: The biggest industries in Spain Barakaldo. Altos [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF SPAIN Listen Spain could have become one of the earliest major European industrial nations, given that its mountains are enormously rich in natural resources. However, political [...] The chemical industry, which manufactured plastics, pharmaceuticals and fertilizers – often with foreign capital as well – formed a second pillar of the economy. The electrical industry also grew, not

general idea of Leipzig's industrial heritage and its interconnections is to book a guided tour on a historic e-carriage. Along the way, the tour covers everything from the industrial pioneer Dr Carl Heine [...] that modern factories open their doors for a close-up look behind the scenes. Since Leipzig's industrial heritage is part of Central Germany, some of the event venues are located in Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia [...] Processing Museum in the „Herrmannschacht“ Briquette Factory , for example, will be bringing the lignite industry to life: appearance, smell, transport and processing of bulk material into solid briquettes are

Margarete Steiff is an heroic story of triumph over handicaps. It is also a significant part of the industrial history of Europe, of the growing tendency in the closing years of the 19th century to manufacture [...] her nephew, one of five of the sons of Fritz Steiff who entered her business. He had studied in England, and attended art school in Stuttgart where he had particularly enjoyed sketching animals in the

profitable enterprises was a courier service around Poland. He travelled to England, France and the German states to study industrial organisation and innovation. He was a joint promoter of the Warsaw to Vienna [...] in Vienna then at the age of 18 returned to Kraków to manage the family business. He sought new industrial opportunities and in 1823 he opened a coal mine and a factory for smelting zinc ore at Jaworzno

Stephens developed the glass industry and gained a national monopoly, with his brother João Diogo (originally John James, 1747–1826). Stephens was born in Cornwall, England, where his father was a schoolteacher [...] expanded the works with finance from Pombal. He built new workshops, brought experienced workers from England and Genoa and was given rights to take charcoal from the Leiria pine forest. The glass was shipped [...] leading centre for glassmaking in Portugal. The mansion Palácio Stephens is a museum of the glass industry.

rails and locomotives during the industrial revolution, he transformed transport. Stephenson was self-taught as an engineer. He was born at Wylam in the north-east of England to a poor and illiterate family [...] properly, he was put in charge of all the engines belonging to an alliance of coal owners in north-east England. In his thirties, his true career began. He built his first railway locomotive, Blücher , in 1814 [...] builder of the nineteenth century, exporting engines around the world. Railways evolved during the industrial revolution from precursors in the Middle Ages. However, Stephenson’s Liverpool and Manchester Railway

leading supplier of war materials for Germany and made massive profits even though his businesses in England and Holland were sequestrated. He advocated forced labour of prisoners. After the War, he raised [...] working day that he had previously negotiated with trades unions. At the time of his death, his industries operated in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Balkans, Russia and Argentina. However, the conglomerate