kinds of armaments. The largest in area was a factory making explosives at Gretna on the border of England and Scotland. Construction commenced in November 1915 and the first propellant was produced in August [...] through new settlements at Eastriggs and Gretna over the border to storage depots at Longtown in England. The plant included installations for the manufacture of nitric acid and sulphuric acid, a refinery [...] the architecture and landscape of one of the most remarkable communities to have been created by industry in wartime. A fireless steam locomotive of the kind used in the factory is displayed outside the

Barrow-in-Furness was one of the few wholly new towns that grew up during Britain’s Industrial Revolution. In the early nineteenth century it was a hamlet in the parish of Dalton with a tiny population [...] Co, and it launched its first ship in 1873. Barrow-in-Furness is one of the few planned cities in England. The rectangular, tree-lined streets are lined with stately terraced houses. The development plan [...] and co-owner of the Furness Railway. The museum, which originated in 1907, tells the story of the industrial and urban growth of Barrow, and of the Furness Railway, but also looks back to prehistory, and

cultural and crative industries. This project has following areas: La Harinera Museum focuses on preservation, restoration and the provision of information on the heritage of the flour industry. La Harinera Creative [...] La Harinera combines industrial heritage, cultural innovation and contemporary creation in an old bread and plour factory. Is main aim is to promote and inspire creativity in a sustainable way and with [...] factory, wich is a multipurpose, dynamic and multifunctional space which recognises and values industrial heritage and contemporary cultural creation. It is an integrated site, made up of a museum, a cultural

When people talk about "cathedrals of industrial heritage", we sometimes have to take this literally. The huge buildings offered enough space to accommodate factories in the middle of the 18th century [...] century. These were the original forms of industrial architecture: a good example is the Benedictine abbey which was turned into a centre of porcelain production by the Boch company. The global company Villeroy

‘canuts’, which is how the museum gets its name. It is an early example in Europe of preserving industrial heritage: it was set up by a weavers’ cooperative in 1970 to promote silk in Lyon. The collections now

archival centre and an architectural and heritage centre. The museum’s collections date back to 1884 and have nearly 45,000 objects covering all kinds of heritage, including machines, archaeological objects [...] and industry. Activities are provided for adults and children and tours are available in English, French and German. Also in the complex are an archive and a centre for architecture and heritage that [...] Savoirs (Knowledge Factory) is a cultural facility dedicated to the promotion and conservation of the heritage of the Normandy town of Elbeuf. It occupies the large textile factory of Blin & Blin, built in 1872

producer of shoes and several factories are still important employers. The Museum of Footwear and Industry of Inca is housed in an army barracks built in 1910. There is a comprehensive collection of the [...] for example for pattern making, leather cutting, assembling, finishing and packaging. Ancillary industries that supplied footwear makers are also represented, such as leather tanning, heel-making and the [...] a project of co-creation with the community of Mallorca to identify what they wanted from their heritage. It won the European Museum of the Year award for community participation in 2022.

a wealth of heritage that it is easy to overlook the variety of industrial buildings from all periods and particularly the nineteenth century that lie within the city centre. The industrial economy of Norwich [...] the most important regional centre of the textile industry, Norwich was badly hit by the expansion of powered looms in the north and west of England. Some textile mills were constructed in Norwich to [...] block at Stewarts & Patteson´s Pockthorpe Brewery can still be admired, though much important industrial heritage has been lost. Casualties include the famous Rowntrees Chocolate factory and redevelopment

between 1700 and 1970. Many are traditional farmhouses but a substantial proportion relate to industrial heritage. Wind power has always been important in the history of The Netherlands, and it is fitting [...] of the kind that gave the Dutch their pre-eminence in ship-building from the 16th century. Other industrial buildings include a water-driven paper mill from the Veluwe, the Freia creamery built from 1879 [...] by very poor people on heathlands, and a hut in which tuberculosis sufferers were once isolated. Industry can be seen at Arnhem in a broad historical context. The museum provides a stimulating view of the

founded in 1624 in order to support the Silver Works. The works developed into the largest pre-industrial enterprise in Norway in the 18th century. The Baroque church of 1761 at the old market square [...] 1786 accommodating the Royal Norwegian Mining Academy, founded in 1757, is part of the national heritage site of Kongsberg Silver Works. At Saggrenda, 8 km W, visitors can explore underground workings

Project is a unique new industrial exploration centre. Based at the two mills that pioneered paper’s industrial revolution, the project brings together the past of an industry that helped shape the modern [...] inherently sustainable industries – paper. The foundations of the Paper Trail Project are the two neighbouring sites of Apsley and Frogmore Mills, the birthplace of paper’s industrial revolution. Frogmore [...] dates back to 1895 as well as try out their skills in hand-making paper and arts & crafts. A new Heritage Interpretation Centre is also planned. The two sites are linked by a short section of the Grand

neoclassical architect Denis Antoine on the Quai de Conti. It is part of the Banks of the Seine World Heritage site. The 177-metre building that faces the quay contained the offices, while courtyards behind [...] s give visitors opportunities to touch artefacts, hear experts talk and even see and smell the industrial processes of carving, stamping and casting.

building and the machinery it housed has largely remained intact and represents a time capsule of industrial heritage. Consequently a whole range of working pumping equipment can still be seen and on steam days

England´s best small visitor attraction (2006) provides a journey of discovery into one of the most common substances on earth and features live glass blowing demonstrations, multi-media shows, underground [...] to protect? - What scary glassmaking creatures lived in German woods? ´Earth into Light´ is the heritage gallery at The World of Glass. Visit a Victorian schoolroom and an old glassmaker´s parlour and

The industrialization attracted the establishment of numerous factories, and around 1900, the trade employed 15,000 to 18,000 people. Following the Second World War, however, the cutlery industry in Thiers [...] the cutlery industry is home to so many local cutlery shops. A newly established information centre, "La Cité des Couteliers", provides museum-like information about today's cutlery industry. The Musée [...] exquisite cutlery, and its concept of integrated workshops is a model of its kind, added by industrial heritage trails in the valley of the Durolle.

during the Industrial Revolution by taking their skills and knowledge to another country. He worked in the cotton industry in Britain and then helped to establish mechanised textile industries in two regions [...] workers from England to help establish theJ factory. In 1801, Thornton was recruited at Hamburg by an entrepreneur and agent for the Habsburg crown, Karl Glave-Kobielski, who was also an industrial spy in England [...] rs. At this time, Britain banned the export of machinery from the country’s innovative textile industries and the emigration of skilled workers, but entrepreneurs in Europe and America were keen to compete

Banbury in Oxfordshire, near the borders of Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, was one of England’s liveliest market towns in the nineteenth century. Much of its prosperity was due to the Oxford Canal [...] closely associated with L T C Rolt (1910-74), biographer of several of the leading engineers of the Industrial Revolution period, whose voyage of 1939 described in the book Narrow Boat began at Banbury, and

nationalities who have worked in the mines along its route. It incorporates several conserved industrial heritage sites including the Route du Feu at Blegny, the Bois du Cazier Mine at Marcinelle, le Grand [...] the Netherlands. The trail incorporates 43 towns and villages, and 340 large pit heaps from the Industrial Revolution period or later, as well as numerous smaller tips. The trail incorporates the tracks

ON THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORT Listen During the early years of the Industrial Revolution there was a radical change in transportation. The arrival of pounding steamships and steam locomotives gave a huge [...] transporting goods. In 1761, the Bridgewater canal was completed in one of the birthplaces of the industrial age, the British textile area Lancashire; from then on, the route supplied the booming city of [...] loads and withstand rough seas more easily. A gigantic new market had been opened for the ironmaking industry. Railways gave the other great boost to industrialisation. They were first used in collieries, where

Industry is very important in S. Joao da Madeira. And, more recently, industrial history as well. This combination makes the city and its surroundings an exciting destination for fans of industrial heritage [...] through the city is that they combine manufacturing and interactive multimedia presentations of industrial history. The shoe production, for instance, is represented by a museum, an academy for shoe design