low ramparts topped by hedges of useful plants, hazel, damson, crab apple and holly. Iron ore from mines on the hill was carried by packhorse to several charcoal-fuelled blast furnaces in the surrounding

remarkable although one of the most logical monuments of the coal-mining industry is the display in Bedwellty Park, Tredegar, a mining community established about 1800 in the Sirhowy Valley, 10 km west

The Mutiloa mining reserve extended its transport and storage facilities to the municipality of Ormaiztegi, where it was linked to the Madrid-Irún railway line, looking for profitability in European markets

also a scale model of the town of Poynton and the local coal mines in about 1900. The museum is located on the site of the Anson coal mine. It is opened by volunteers on Fridays and Sundays. Engines are

preserves the heritage of coal mining and railways at the site of the St Louis coal mine, which operated from 1928 to 1988. Mining began in the area in 1768. In 1931 the St Louis mine employed nearly 1,000 people

this neighbourhood of Getxo, between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. The mines, the blast Furnaces, the transport, the banks, the electricity being the foundation of the business

foundries. The factory of Ajuria & Urigoitia was provided with the iron from the mines near its facilities: most of these mines are present on the slopes of the nearby mountains, and their remains are still

The Larreineta Cliff Railway was built in 1926 to connect the mining neighbourhoods of Larreineta and La Arboleda to the town of Trapagaran, located in the Valley. This required overcoming a 342-metre [...] from a summit, the Larreineta funicular was built as a public service to meet the needs of these mining neighbourhoods which, at the time, were home to more than 5,000 people. In addition to catering for [...] of the facilities combines with the environment, resulting in an area marked by intense iron ore mining activities that, since 1865, contributed to the subsequent industrial development of Biscay. From

In those days zinc blende was mined in over 50 pits from one-man businesses to the huge mine in Lüderich which closed in 1978 for good, thereby putting an end to a mining tradition which was typical for [...] Bergisch Museum of Mining, Crafts and Trade in the Bergisch-Gladbach suburb of Bensberg keeps alive the memories of a once important branch of industry. Life between the palace and the mining galleries: this [...] The cellar is amazing! Suddenly it opens out into a complete mining gallery! Rough hewn timber struts support the walls and ceilings, trolleys and drills stand at the ready, a hoisting cage is there, a

g and mining village that since 2004 has been a 128 ha cultural reserve. There is evidence of mining at Pershyttan from the twelfth century and of ironworking from the fourteenth. The last mines in the [...] remains of many mines, the most important of which are the Lock Gruva (Lock Mine) that closed in 1909 where visitors are able to venture 45 m underground and the Storgruvan (Large Mine) which is used for [...] The town of Nora, 24 km north-west of Örebro lies in the mining and ironworking region of the Bergslagen that was for centuries one of the principal sources of Sweden’s wealth. Pershyttan, 3 km south of

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 tourism. The project

the history of Luxembourg’s steel industry. In Rumelange, at the National Mining Museum , you will learn more about the mining of iron ore and walking along different trails will allow you a better insight [...] Railway Park Fond-de-Gras , you can take rides on the historic steam train "Train 1900" and on the mining train taking you through the underground galleries. The trains ride on Sundays between Mai and September

the aim of keeping the legacy of the iron culture of this particular area of Bizkaia, devoted to mining and iron related activities since the Middle Ages. During the guided visits visitors can see the

but it was the only way to reach the limestone mines which were opened in the 1700s. By the 1850s over 40,000 boats a year carried limestone from the mines, to be used in iron production. Today you can [...] well-lit. There is even a video projected onto the cavern walls showing the history of limestone mining. Enjoy sound and light shows as they show how the area developed to become the home of the Industrial [...] reclaiming whilst getting an understanding of the many thousands of tonnes of limestone these abandoned mines shipped out across the world. Back on land learn more by visiting the award winning BIFFA Gallery

films of the World |Heritage site, and local mining related topics. It has a collection of minerals from local mines as well as a small collection of mining memorabilia. [...] worker’s cottages. Just outside of the town is the site of Great Devon Consols Mine which was at one time the largest copper mine in Europe. Tavistock was the inland terminus of the Tavistock Canal, an early [...] Dukes of Bedford who in the mid -19th century reinvested some of their vast royalties from the copper mining back into the town. This paid for fine public buildings such as the Town Hall, Guildhall, and Pannier

relate to the coalfield in which the museum is situated. Visitors can go underground into a drift mine, and the surface buildings of a characteristic large-scale colliery have been re-constructed. They

storey winding house (1891) contains a magnificent Victorian steam engine, once part of the local coal mine. Today it stands as a community museum and visitors can experience the massive engine in operation

Built on a mining site with a long and rich history of its own, Tellure offers an exciting combination of museum areas, interactive workshops, 3-D images and visits to authentic silver mines which have

designed by Robert Casement, began work on 27 September 1854, and operated pumps in nearby lead and zinc mines, although its estimated power output of 200 hp was much more than was required for that purpose. The

The view from the visitors platform down into the 100 metre deep opencast mine in St Austell in the south west of England reveals modern machinery doing work which was once performed almost exclusively [...] species and are a massive contrast to the lunar landscape of the immediately adjacent modern opencast mine. Both worlds are linked by a 2 km path.