responsible for principal toll-roads in the area. McAdam advised parliamentary enquiries on the condition of roads and wrote an influential book in 1816, Remarks on the Present System of Road Making. He
family of merchants at Liverpool who were religious nonconformists with strong interests in social conditions. Her father died when she was aged 11: she was left one third of his wealth. From the age of 16
University of Göttingen. He published papers on thermodynamics and optics, including the ‘Abbe sine condition’, which was a mathematical rule that informed the improved performance of optical systems. At the
mother Dorothy Shuttleworth continued to develop the collection. All the aircraft are kept in flying condition and the maintenance and restoration workshops are open to visitors. Hangers contain many exhibits
career in property. The oldest car is a De Dion-Bouton from 1899. Many cars were acquired in poor condition, such as the Renault pickup dating from 1914 that Lundkvist brought from Paris and restored himself
effort. According to international law, prisoners of war could be used as labourers under certain conditions, but as they could not decide on the nature and duration of their work in the German Reich, their [...] and Poles eventually forming the vast majority. On farms and in private households, their living conditions could be bearable - but they were at the mercy of the racism of the German population every day
a reflecting pool. The villa was derelict for many years. It has been restored to its original condition by the local authority and the Centre des Monument Nationaux.
The museum gives an insight into the living conditions of working people in the new industries of Finland from around 1900 until the 1960s. The forestry and papermaking company Tornator began a factory
equipment were made. Nearby, workers’ apartments at Reunalinja 7 have been furnished to show living conditions at different periods and the mill’s technical drawing office is displayed at Pasilantie 1.
in the forest of Paimpont, around 40 kilometres west of Rennes, as the location offered the best conditions for an ironworks: good iron ore, a water system already built by monks and sufficient wood from
workers' association was the British 'Chartists'. They were concerned not only with better working conditions, but also with political participation: In the 'People's Charta' of 1838, they demanded the vote [...] but in the end the governments brutally crushed the uprisings. From the middle of the century, conditions began to improve. In industrial cities, the systematic construction of sanitary facilities began
projects within the ERIH network and contribute their views on sustainability, climate change, working conditions, accessibility, digitalisation and the design of industrial heritage. On behalf of the ERIH General
slate blocks were extracted using drills and explosives and transported to the surface. Working conditions are explained along with the dangers or rock falls and lung diseases caused by dust. Slate splitting
nearly 1km on a train and continues on foot for 300m. Guides explain the working techniques and conditions underground to the sound of equipment. Visitors see the bottom of a vertical shaft dug for ore
of the respective communities can be achieved. That said, industrialisation provides excellent conditions: While it is global in scope, it has always been an essentially regional process based on specific
who set out here, in the context of "Manchester capitalism", his vision for more decent working conditions. The factory gates closed in 1968. Thanks to major redevelopment, however, New Lanark is once again
