maritime life and it explores aspects of the natural history of the sea. In the harbour at Jardim Oudinot, 8km away, the museum cares for the cod-fishing trawler Santo André . This 71-m ship was built in the
their father, the two brothers became partners in the Bersham works in 1774, while William had a 1/8 share in John’s ironworks at Snedshill, Shropshire. William left Britain for France in 1777, following
event is now open: Registration We ask all potential participants to complete the form no later than 8 May. By then, the video tutorial will have been finalised. We are looking forward to another amazing
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have been reconstructed and fully stocked. Aircraft engines are represented by a French Hispano-Suiza V8 engine of 1923 and the DC-3 passenger plane engine of 1942.
national grid. They supplied Madrid from a station in the river basin of the Tajo (Tagus). In 1907-8, Urrutia founded sister companies, Hidroeléctrica Española and a distribution company, Unión Eléctrica
1764, the first spinning machine went into operation: James Hargreaves' "Spinning Jenny", on which 8 yarn spindles rotated, driven by a waterwheel. This was quickly followed by the improved "Waterframe"
by vehicles such as the charming Comète Coupe ‘Monte Carlo’, the pre-Simca Vedette, and the Marly V8 Estate used by ex-Grand Prix driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise. An exhibition features car components, advertising
different, a single-storey structure, modelled on the Temple of Horus at Edfu in Egype and covering 0.8 ha. Light is admitted through 65 conical glass domes on a flat roof that was once laid with grass, from
1848 Steinbrück steam locomotive - the oldest surviving Austrian-made steam locomotive - and the Ce 6/8 II "Crocodile" electric Swiss mountain locomotive.
The Sunila pulpmill at Kotka of 1937-8 was designed by the great Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1888-1976) and is one of the most notable 20th century industrial buildings in Europe. It remains in production
The Katowice College of Individual Interdisciplinary Studies lets students individually design their curriculum. To do this, they choose one (or more) leading study programme, which can be expanded to
production increased to some 270,000 tons of pig iron by 1901. At this time Stumm-Halberg employed over 8,000 people. Stumm-Halberg had a dominating approach to personnel: he banned union membership and certain
Before World War I, the "Elektropolis Berlin" was considered emblematic of a modern, hyper-connected city. After World War II, the long-term "deep sleep" of many industries helped preserve the often i
Reichstag for the German People’s Party (Deutschenationale Volkspartei), where he tried to abolish the 8-hour working day that he had previously negotiated with trades unions. At the time of his death, his
carried public traffic and passengers. The gauge Stephenson chose for his railways, 1.435 metres (4 feet 8.5 inches) became the standard across Britain and much of the world. As the ‘railway mania’ began in
The best way to get a general idea of Leipzig's industrial heritage and its interconnections is to book a guided tour on a historic e-carriage. Along the way, the tour covers everything from the indus
the breathing device in case the air gets thin. A shaking and wobbling elevator ride down to level 8 at 386 meters takes visitors to their first big challenge: a sloping shaft with a 100-meter-long narrow
Slezská Harta is an artificial 8.7 sq km reservoir and rockfill dam in the upper reaches of the Moravice River. The dam was built between 1987 and 1997 to provide sufficient water for the downstream Kružberk
