first of its kind in the world. Its metal doors were designed by Henri de Dion (1828-78) for the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878. The hangar is 70m long, 24 m wide and 20m high. It formed part of a military [...] was an outpost of the air museum at le Bourget airport. It is designated as an historical monument, and was inscribed on the French tentative list for designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002 [...] restoration work has been carried out under the auspices of the Centre Européen des Ballons et Dirigeables de Challais-Medon, together with the municipality of Meudon and the Aeroclub de France whose patron is

pumping stations, irrigation systems and, of course, factories and power plants: 112 historic industrial sites and museums join the seventh "Days of Industrial Heritage on the Waterfront" for guided tours and [...] new entry in the programme of this year's industrial heritage festival. These few examples reveal the diversity of the attractions on offer, covering a wide range of activities for technophiles, culture [...] stands for hundreds of wind-powered versions of its kind that once existed in the marshlands and that have only survived in this single building in the Rieck Haus open-air museum. The Rendsburg High Bridge

1972. The last owner, François Laurent, worked with an association of enthusiasts to save the complex as a monument to industrial heritage. It opened for visitors in 2004. The factory is in an attractive [...] mainly to Paris. A large workshop built of timber with a tile roof has long benches beneath windows for working on the fine terracotta objects, many examples of which are displayed. Several presses for

just off the Champs-Élysées, the Grand Palais is part of the 'Banks of the Seine' World Heritage site. It was built for the Paris world’s fair of 1900: the Exposition Universelle. Following an architectural [...] Albert Louvet , Albert Thomas and Charles Girault . It was the last of the great exhibition halls built before the general use of electric light and was constructed in iron and steel with a magnificent [...] art but the Exposition Universelle was an influential showcase for technological innovations and industrial products, including optics, escalators and moving pavements, trolleybuses, diesel engines, electric

lawn of the Cour ovale, its oval - framed by arched arcades - looking like the arena of a Roman amphitheatre. Yet this is not the case: here, in southwestern Belgium, is the 19th century heart of one of [...] of the country's largest coal mines. The founder of this neoclassical complex, which includes a workers' residential area with over 400 houses and the stately mansion of the factory owners, features as [...] European industrial heritage as well as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a major attraction for visitors from all over the world thanks to its "Centre for Innovation and Design" (CID) and the Contemporary Art

Krupka owns the longest lode of tin ore in Central Europe, and the Altenberg Mining Museum illustrates the background of a huge crater shaping the landscape, caused by the collapse of extensive underground galleries [...] by places like the German Museum of Watchmaking in Glashütte or the museum in Schlettau Castle , which explores, with its passementerie workshop, a very particular branch of the textile industry. Another [...] Freiberg Municipal and Mining Museum reveals the interconnections involved and highlights the remains to be experienced. Many sites in the Ore Mountains address specific aspects of the region's mining history

outline of outstanding examples of historic canals clearly reflects the manifold functions of built waterways from the very beginning. In Great Britain, there is a particular need for the transport of bulk [...] The economic and financial success of this new transport route soon inspires plenty of imitators. In Norway, canals are mainly used for timber rafting. On parts of the 105-kilometre-long Telemark Canal [...] Bridgewater Canal , the first "modern" canal in the motherland of industrialisation. Its developer Francis Egerton (1736-1803), 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, opens it in 1761 to transport coal from his collieries

the same time, the museum is the starting point for several trails that take visitors to the monuments of industrial heritage. The manufacture of firearms is another important part of the metalworking industry [...] for example, in the Basque Iron Museum in Mirandoala Iron Valley , located in a former iron foundry in Lagazpi and illustrating the history of iron in respect of industrial, ecological and social aspects [...] Industry Museum in Eibar. However, a crisis in the armaments sector at the beginning of the 20th century triggers a process of transformation and reinvention, eventually leading to the manufacture of bicycles

iron ore mining in the province of Bizkaia, thus transforming this sub-region into a European centre of heavy industry. A typical example is the blast furnace No. 1 of Altos Hornos de Vizcaya in Sestao [...] Getxo is also home to the mansions of wealthy tycoons, whose history is revealed by a relaxing audio guide tour. To understand the chronological range of Basque industrial development, visitors can match [...] Muskiz, right in the heart of the Bizkaia mining zone and dating back to the 16th century, with the Dolomite Museum in Karrantza featuring an exhibition on dolomite mining as of the 1950s. There are two

Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry , located in the world's oldest surviving passenger station of 1830, the railway already entered the steam age thanks to the inventions of industrial pioneers such [...] a wealth of monuments and museums that recount the success of railway transport in the 19th century as well as its further development. The České Budějovice (Budweis) horse-drawn railway museum in the Czech [...] for the pioneering achievements of European railway engineers in crossing high mountains. At the foot of another steep section of early railway, connecting the stations of Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg and Marktschorgast

the help of wire. It is no surprise that this museum is located in Altena. The industrial history of the town is brimming over with wire-drawers. Not to speak of hooks and eyes which were some of the first [...] neighbouring town of Iserlohn have remained important centres of the wire industry to the present day. The German Wire Museum exists since 1965. It was originally housed in a part of the mediaeval Altena [...] you visit the German Wire Museum in Altena in the Sauerland region, south of the Ruhr. Here you can see everything which has been made from wire down through the years: a coat of chain mail, a super conductor

emerging industrial city of Łódź, the ‘White Factory’ was the first fully-fledged textile mill in Poland. The site is now home to the Central Museum of Textiles and is considered one of the country's most impressive [...] ion into one of Europe's most significant hubs of (industrial) culture, home to a Science & Technology Center and the National Center for Film Culture, among other things. Another icon of the emerging [...] impressive monuments of industrial architecture. With its extensive range of machinery and several major textile collections, it provides a detailed insight into 200 years of everyday working life and textile

the industrial museum is that it tells the story of the light factory consistently through the eyes of the people who worked there. Thanks to its careful restoration, it is now considered a gem of Spanish [...] The Light Factory. Museum of Energy in Ponferrada, Spain, symbolises a new, promising technology: light as first application in the history of industrial power generation. Built in 1919, the thermal power [...] Spanish industrial heritage. The National Railway Museum at Lousado , Portugal, also boasts a reputation as a precious relic of Portuguese railway history. The extensive rolling stock with exhibits ranging

specialising in the luxury product of lead crystal, and witness England as a pioneer of early industrial mass production. Some of the museums focus on the hard working conditions of glassblowers, smelters, glass [...] - the art of glassmaking spread across the continent by the end of the 16th century. One of the key criteria for establishing a glassmaking site is the availability of sufficient quantities of firewood [...] regarded as one of the best-preserved glassworks in Europe, and the Immenhausen Glass Museum . The very beginning of post-antique European glass production is marked by the Venetian island of Murano, from

world’ and the flagship of an industrial region in transition. With the completion of Central Shaft XII in 1932, one of the most efficient coal mines in the world entered the stage of the Ruhr region. Not [...] A trip to the roof of the former gas storage of Gutehoffnungshütte (GHH) offers a sweeping view over the Ruhr area and clearly shows how much the region has developed over decades of structural transition [...] official festival venue of the internationally renowned RuhrTriennale arts and culture programme. Sheer nostalgia abounds at the Bochum Railway Museum . Here, on the vast grounds of the former Dahlhausen

other things. The location of the ERIH site Mining Museum in Landek Park combines the nature of the protected former Landek industrial area with collections from the beginning of the 20th century, which are [...] the place the reputation of a "town of millionaires". Where there is a lot of hard work, there is beer. The ERIH site Radegast brewery in Nošovice, just 16 kilometres south-east of Ostrava, benefited in its [...] the "Iron Heart of the Republic": the vast industrial complex and ERIH Anchor Point Dolní Vítkovice in Ostrava, the third largest city in the country, which in turn constitutes the centre of this Czech industrial

another attraction of the Luxembourg mining and steelmaking district: the coexistence of industrial heritage and nature worth protecting. Highlight of the ERIH Anchor Point National Museum of Iron Ore Mines [...] Minette, the lingo of French miners for the bright red iron ores in Lorraine and Luxembourg, have lent their name to "De Minett" industrial landscape in the very south of the Grand Duchy. This is where [...] where the heart of Luxembourg's coal and steel industry throbbed for decades, making the small country in the early 20th century one of the world's ten largest producers of pig iron and iron ore and, in 1951

right from the time of its construction. As a modern site of industrial heritage, it provides not only architectural highlights but also an authentic insight into the hard labour of the miners. Complementing [...] workflow of a blast furnace plant that August Thyssen had built in Duisburg's Meiderich district from 1901. One of the distinguishing features of this ERIH Anchor Point is the transformation of the massive [...] from the 40-metre coal bunker is one of the highlights of a visit. The ERIH member Ewald Mine | Hoheward Landscape Park has also undergone profound changes: one of the Ruhr region's most productive collieries

ensemble of historic industrial plants in the midst of a spectacular landscape unfolds at the Geomineral, Historical and Environmental Park of Sardinia in Italy. It was here, in the mines of Montevecchio [...] developed into one of the first multinational corporations and the largest zinc producer worldwide. The fascinating story of this rise is recounted in the Vieille Montagne Museum . Other centres of the zinc industry [...] one of the oldest metal-processing plants in the city and was forced to close almost 130 years later, partly because of air and soil pollution. Today, the site is a location of the LVR Industrial Museum

offering exciting guided tours of the quarter. A number of further ERIH sites each shed light on specific aspects of Berlin's industrial history. The Herzberge Boiler House Museum , for example, represents [...] Berlin Airlift era - is one of the largest museums of its kind in Europe and interlinks Berlin's rapid technological and industrial history with its impact on urban life. A particular focus is on transport [...] numerous aircraft. In contrast, the second Anchor Point looks into one of the darkest chapters of German (industrial) history: the Nazi system of forced labour, based on large-scale criminal enslavement and racist