Sacchi was a maker of wooden models whose work had a profound influence on the design of consumer goods in the second half of the 20th century. He was born in the industrial community of Sesto San Giovanni [...] the north-eastern side of Milan, and lived most of his life in that area. He learned his skills with wood as an apprentice pattern maker from the age of 12 in the Milan foundry of Ceresa e Boretti. He [...] in 1998 through lack of a successor. His work has been honoured by exhibitions in galleries in many countries. The contents of his workshop and its archives are held by the Museumof Industry and Labour
European Route ofIndustrialHeritage (ERIH) is doing. Come with us on an exciting journey of discovery along the milestones of European industrial history. What is ERIH ? ERIH is the European Route of Industrial [...] Industrial Heritage, a network of the most important industrialheritage sites in Europe. It is the common link between them all. From disused production plants to industrial landscape parks and inter-active [...] isation changed the face of Europe. Consequently it has left us a rich industrialheritage. A gigantic network of sites spread all over the continent. It only has to be brought back to life. That is what
the face of Europe. It has left us with a rich industrialheritage. 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 [...] Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is 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 [...] SYSTEM: YOUR GUIDE TO EUROPE'S INDUSTRIALHERITAGE 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 time? Industrialisation
Steam power was one of the critical innovations of the industrial revolution, allowing mechanical power to be concentrated wherever it was needed. The evolution of the technology relied on many inventors [...] makers who gradually spread the use of engines to all parts of the world. Richard Williams was an engineer from England who moved in the 1780s to the southern German state of Saxony to build beam engines. The [...] beam engine was built in 1712 by the English ironmonger Thomas Newcomen. The value of engines in pumping water out of mines was immediately recognised and after 20 years about 100 were in use. Many inventors
jointly hosted by ERIH, the Berlin Centre for IndustrialHeritage (bzi) and the University of Applied Sciences (HTW) Berlin. The participants came from a wide range of countries – including various European countries [...] a matrix that provides evaluation criteria for the preservation ofindustrialheritage sites. The hosts were impressed by the quality of the presentations and the commitment shown by this year's students [...] Argentina – and represented a variety of academic disciplines. This is precisely what makes the exchange of young students such a fruitful experience and enables the results of the Summer School to be applied
REGIONAL ROUTES OPEN UP THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF A REGION Listen In many European regions there are few industrialheritage sites with touristic potential. Each of this regions has its own specialisms [...] European industrial history. Germany's Ruhrgebiet, for example. Or South Wales, a key region in the "world's first industrial nation". Both these areas comprise a number of less significant industrial monuments [...] the times of Austria-Hungary in the 19th century and still today is one of the ... more Regional Routes in Finland Berlin At the beginning of the 20th century, Berlin had evolved into one of the largest
different regions of Wales, including the ERIH Anchor Points National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, World Heritage Big Pit National Coal Museum in Blaenavon and National Slate Museum World Heritage Site in Llanberis [...] route "Valleys that changed the World". The potential of ERIH in supporting its members was the subject of the lecture "Industrialheritage - the power of networking" by ERIH Vice-President Dr Adam Hajduga [...] Stephen Barlow, Head of Engagement at the National Lottery's Heritage Fund Wales, and Steph Mastoris, Head ofMuseums at Amgueddfa Cymru, a charity that incorporates seven national museums and a collections
factory colony of the Industrial Revolution. It is of outstanding national and international importance. Founded in 1784 by a young textile merchant Samuel Greg, Quarry Bank Mill was one of the first generation [...] generation of waterpowered cotton spinning mills. Styal was chosen for a number of reasons, not least because of the suitable head of water provided by the River Bollin and its proximity to the Bridgewater [...] impressive brick buildings of its day to survive. Together with Styal Village it represents an unrivalled example of an early factory colony. 2. An Extensive Archive A varied collection of objects, pictures and
The museum preserves the former Pythagoras engineering works in an attractive group of low brick buildings around a courtyard. The works continued to be named after the Ancient Greek mathematician after [...] peak the works employed 80 people. The factory became derelict in the 1960s but was rescued by a group of volunteers in the 1980s. The entire production line can be followed from the design office to the machine
completed, however, as the Industrial Conversion Decree was approved in 1983. After large mobilisations of the workers, the closure of the factory was imposed. As for the industrialheritage, buildings such as [...] Spare Parts Warehouse have been preserved, which will become the future MuseumofIndustrialHeritage and the Workers' Memory of Puerto de Sagunto. [...] to link the mines of Ojos Negros, Teruel, with the new port infrastructures for exporting iron ore to other European countries. These works involved the migration of a large number of workers and engineers
PROJECTS ERIH INDUSTRIALHERITAGE BAROMETER Since 2018 ERIH in cooperation with the Regionalverband Ruhr carries out surveys ofindustrialheritage sites in Europe. All industrialheritage sites are invited [...] comprises the twinning of thematically similar sites or networks to share experience and good practice and to develop skills and competences. more EUR ACADEMY OFINDUSTRIALHERITAGE Aim of the project is to [...] to attract young people to European industrialheritage as a career option. For this ERIH organises courses in cooperation with universities. more INDUSTRIALHERITAGE SUMMER SCHOOL The 14-day Summer School
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Zollverein Mine World Heritage Site in Essen. It complements the multimedia information offered by the "Portal ofIndustrialHeritage", which presents the "Route ofIndustrialHeritage in the Ruhr Area" and [...] with an Impact" illustrates the transformation of industrialized regions in Europe and gives an impression of the diversity of Europe's industrialheritage. This is realized on information boards, which [...] interesting industrialheritage sites in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the industrial properties on UNESCO's World Heritage List and all ERIH Anchor Points in Europe. A mobile version of the presentation
ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF POLAND Listen Industrialisation within the territory of today’s Poland was extremely disparate as repeated partitioning of this nation occurred during the decisive 150 years [...] Congress of 1815 and subject to the Czar of Russia. As in many European nations, population growth generated a large reservoir of labour here. However, even after the changes following the liberation of the [...] the deposits of zinc ore around Katowice were quite significant. During the 19th century the output of zinc from Upper Silesia exceeded that of all other European regions. Even the amount of sulphuric acid
one of the pioneers of the heritage railway movement in the United Kingdom, which influenced the preservation of historic lines across Europe. He was the son of Francis Pegler, managing director of the [...] the project to preserve the Festiniog Railway in North Wales. He cleared the debts of the existing company, was chairman of the new company set up to work the line from 1954, and remained in touch will the [...] government-backed tour of the United States intended to promote British business. The train progressed from coast to coast but completed the tour in San Francisco in 1971 with a burden of debts. The new Co
Saxony that now has a population of more than 30,000. It lies 30 km south-west of Wilhelmshaven, not far from the border with the Netherlands. It stands within an expanse of wetlands where some colonisation [...] the building of the Nordgeorgfehn Canal which was opened in 1906, and drained the wetlands as well as providing transport facilities. The purpose of the town was to enable the exploitation of peat reserves [...] expanded with the construction of more glasshouses, and in 1952 the first Blütenfest (flower festival) was organised in Wiesmoor. It was one of the factors, with the building of baths, a health centre and
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Dimitsana is a village some 30 km north-west of Tripolis in the Central Peloponnese. The museum, a site of the Museum Network of the Cultural Foundation of the Piraeus Bank Group (PIOP), is close to a [...] was an important source of gunpowder for the Greeks in the War of Independence against the Turks in the early nineteenth century. All the principal structures have been restored of a tannery, including the [...] adjoins the miller’s house. The same building accommodated a fulling mill, of which some 20 fulling vats remain. A powder mill is one of many in Greece where, from the sixteenth century, villages collected and
