a model community, designed by Silvio Benigno Crespi n (1868-1944), who had studied the textile industry in Cologne and Oldham and in France. The village is one of the most spectacular in Europe, and as

in Burgundy is a place of prime importance in the industrial history of Europe. In the 1780s ironworks and glassworks utilising technology from England were established there by William Wilkinson, and the [...] largest in the world, adorns the entrance to the town. The Ecomusee, established in 1973, as heavy industry began to decline, is based in a former Schneider residence that was adapted from the glassworks [...] ng the history of the region, and is the starting point for tours interpreting the surrounding industrial landscape.

rapidly mushrooming foreign debt. Related Links Industrial and technical heritage on Kvarner WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Croatia World Atlas: The biggest industries in Croatia Rijeka.Tvornica (Hartera) Paper Factory [...] expansion of heavy industry: oil and gas extraction, machinery, chemicals and transport had the highest priority, mining and metal processing expanded as well, and even the traditional industries of food production [...] y. In particular, Croatia’s tradition-rich ship-building industry boomed in the shipyards of Rijeka, Pula and Split. The petrochemical industry was established on the Adriatic island of Krk. The petroleum

cotton had begun. Today the Cromford Mill is a recognised World Heritage Site. The same goes for all the other remaining early industrial factories in the valley. Their buildings and machines bear witness [...] and factories and especially with the people who worked in the factories. The major burden of the Industrial Revolution – here and elsewhere – rested on their shoulders.

Brügelmann’s model was England. He admired the business acumen and inventive spirit of the English so much that he decided to exploit their know-how to the full with the help of industrial espionage. This is [...] spinning mill in Ratingen in the Bergisch Land, now one of the on-site museums belong to the Rhineland Industrial Museum. Johann Gottfried Brügelmann, an extremely wealthy merchant and textile magnate from Wuppertal [...] enough to give you an impression of his self-assured economic power. The metronome of the dawning industrial age – a clock – hangs prominently over the magnificent stairway to the house making it clear that

power or close to important trade centres or routes. The industrialization of the 19th century entailed a concentration on a small number of industrial zones scattered all over Europe, which – a common feature [...] In addition, hardly any other industry boasts the same diversity of manufacturing conditions, which is due to the abundance of textile samples that still shapes the industry and enables even smaller and [...] remains of the cutlery industry have been preserved. The Belgian Gembloux was confronted with similar issues. On the contrary, Albacete, focal point of the Spanish cutlery industry, as well as Portugal have

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF CYPRUS Listen Copper is Cyprus’s only major natural resource – but it was once so plentiful that it secured the island’s fame and wealth for millennia. Copper was the first [...] greatly enhanced the properties of the material. Copper mining on Cyprus reached a large, quasi-industrial scale around 2300 BCE: the Cypriots exploited the seemingly inexhaustible deposits in the Troodos [...] the ethnic Greek town of Skouriotissa are still worked, as the deposits are virtually played out. Industrial activity now mainly concerns the production of construction materials such as bentonite and cement;

for millions of customers worldwide. This glorious past has left an impressive heritage: an ensemble of seven industrial monuments. Nowadays DRU Industriepark is an inspiring breeding ground for culture [...] stages of manufacture in the iron industry: from the first brainstorming to the marketable product. On their way visitors are taken back to the times when the industrial park used to be at the heart of local

also a mentor to the scientist Michael Faraday. Davy was born in Penzance, as the south-west end of England, where his father worked as a woodcarver. He was apprenticed to a local surgeon, in whose drug dispensary [...] of Accidents in Coalmines asked Davy if he could solve the problem after a disaster in north-east England killed 92 men. He began experiments in his laboratory to test mine gas. A few months later he presented [...] were used widely. The risk of explosion was much reduced but accidents continued as the coalmining industry grew and extended to more dangerous workings.

at that time, England imported one third of its butter from Denmark! Before the outbreak of the First World War, agricultural products accounted for 60% of Danish exports, and industrial products only [...] not until the 1950s that more Danes were employed in industry than in agriculture. Related Links ERIH Link List 1001 Stories of Denmark: Theme "Industry. From Mills to Computers" WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Denmark [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF DENMARK Listen Not many nations have succeeded in managing the transition from an agrarian to an industrialised society. Most of the European countries, such as Hungary, Spain

of a major grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. A new visitor centre tells the story of windmills, cornmilling and the people who lived and worked in this demanding industry. You can climb through the

ON THE DARK SIDES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: DESTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT Listen With the industrial revolution, humans have set in motion an ongoing, seemingly unstoppable process of ecological [...] environmental damage caused by the large-scale proto-industrial operations of the Romans in ancient times: ore smelters, glassworks, potteries and industrial bakeries not only consumed vast quantities of firewood [...] north to Yorkshire and central England. Nevertheless, until the end of the 19th century, air pollution was largely accepted as an inevitable side effect of the industrial boom. From about the middle of

by Marenghi and Gavioli and showmen’s engines made in England by Burrell and Fowler could be found in many countries. Dingle’s Fairground Heritage Collection displays a wide variety of rides and associated [...] The Industrial Revolution transformed popular entertainment. Nothing displays this more clearly than the development of mechanical rides at fairs from the mid-nineteenth century. Fairground rides across

in time to when the factory played a very important role in the industry of the Biscay region, and to encounter its industrial heritage in a novel way.

number of slate-faced buildings. Au Coeur de l’Ardoise is a museum concerned with the heritage of the slate industry in the region. Visitors can go on a 75-minute audio-guided tour that takes them 25 m

EBrochure Industrial Tourism in Asturias.pdf 4.23 MB (pdf) E Brochure Industrial Tourism Basque Country 8.89 MB (pdf) E Brochure Industrial Tourism in Asturias.pdf 4.20 MB (pdf) GB Flyer East of England Route [...] Bettina Quäschning What is the role of industrial heritage in the tourism marketing mix of Berlin.pdf 451.51 KB (pdf) 6 H. Spiering J.Schlutius Route of Industrial Heritage by bike. radrevier.ruhr.pdf 2.35 MB [...] Caltabiano Lost industrial places- a new tourism in central Europe.pdf 6.06 MB (pdf) 8 Cornelia Magnusson World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station.pdf 1.13 MB (pdf) 9 Dr Peter Wakelin Industrial heritage in a wider

independent museum which preserves the transport heritage of the city of Dundee and the surrounding areas. It is currently temporarily housed in a modern industrial unit in Dundee. It has bought the former Dundee [...] of local businesses, military vehicles, motorbikes, emergency vehicles, buses or other transport heritage. The theme of future transport is explored through concept cars and vehicles once considered futuristic

there are exhibitions about this industrial history and a 3-d animation shows the development of 35 different industrial sites in the area. Among the key industries was the Teslić spirits distillery, [...] Sisak became an important centre of industry in the nineteenth century and twentieth century, thanks to its transport connections by railways and by the rivers Kupa and Sava to the Danube. In the information

conference theme. The focus should be on how intangible industrial culture can gain greater visibility and thus increase the appeal of industrial heritage. In addition, the presentations should provide answers [...] and recipes have shaped life in industrial areas in very different ways and, in some cases, continue to do so. They all foster people's sense of connection to industrial sites and their history, and often [...] on in local networks and associations. What is the potential of this intangible legacy for industrial heritage sites? How can it be preserved and put to good use? What strategies and formats can be employed

TICCIH - The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage Trademark 'ERIH' - 'European Route of Industrial Heritage'® and the ERIH logo are registered as Europen Union Trademark [...] charity under German law. The association is registered under the name ERIH - European Route of Industrial Heritage e.V. Bodies of the association The governing bodies of the association are the Board and the [...] Memberships and collaborations ERIH e.V. is a member of European Heritage Alliance 3.3 European Commission Expert Group on Cultural Heritage NEMO - The Network of European Museum Organisations and has a