more than 2,000 industrial monuments and museums in all European countries is proof of the lasting impact of 200 years of Industrial Revolution. Accordingly, the development of industrial society and the [...] the resulting industrial culture are a fundamental part of Europe's self-perception. Towards the end of the 20th century, this resulted in a growing interest in industrial heritage and its significance for [...] whether industrial culture, with its cross-border implications and identity-determining influences, can continue to contribute to common strength and cooperation in Europe. Will the industrial society

ON THE INDUSTRIALISATION OF AGRICULTURE Listen The Industrial Revolution was preceded by the first steps in a long-term 'agricultural revolution' that began in Britain in the 18th century and continued [...] widely discussed at the time. Related Links Encyclopedia.com: The Industrialization of Agriculture John Hopkins Center: Industrialization of Agriculture Farming and Agricultural Industrialisation (Martin [...] for livestock: Turnips for winter, clover for summer grazing. Increasing yields not only fed the country's growing population, but also created surpluses that were used to fuel industrialisation. The road

engine is regarded as the mother of industrial cities, which now began to shoot out of the ground. Steam power began its triumphal march in the booming textile industry, before moving over to coal mines [...] t or DEG), which later became AEG. Edison’s greatest competitor was gaslight because every industrial country already possessed a gas-supply network. Gas was produced by coal and first used for lighting [...] For this reason the region around Zaandam is widely recognized as being one of Europe's earliest industrial areas. Around the middle of the 18th century people a small wind wheel began to be added to the

Cromford to the inland waterways network, and was well-acquainted with intellectuals of the Industrial Revolution period, including Erasmus Darwin, James Watt and Samuel More. Part of the situation at that [...] Sir Richard Arkwright transformed the cotton industry throughout Europe. He was born at Preston, and after being apprenticed as a barber, moved to work for a peruke maker at to Bolton-le-Moors, where textile [...] and, with Venetian and Diocletian windows and a cupola housing a bell, had the appearance of a country house. Arkwright built terraced houses to accommodate his textile workers around the few leadminers`

Bauwens was an entrepreneur and industrial spy who spread new cotton manufacturing technologies from England to Belgium and France at a key point in the early Industrial Revolution. He was born in Ghent, where [...] a leading European centre of the cotton industry: it became known as ‘the Manchester of Belgium’. Bauwens had broken the British monopoly of the cotton industry. For achieving this while Britain was at [...] tannery on modern principles. While he was in England Bauwens also saw the great success of the cotton industry. At the age of 27 he opened his first cotton factory, which was at Passy near Paris. Very soon

The Chiozza starch factory is a real unique first industrial revolution factory fully equipped with the original machinery. More than 30 old machines powered by a steam machine are preserved. The factory [...] was enlarged in 1902 and equipped with the then most advanced machinery, produced in different countries of the Austrian Hungarian Empire to which the area belonged at that time. More than 120 people were [...] bankrupt. In February 2014 a voluntary association was founded to save the factory as an important industrial heritage site, to open it to the public and to set up a small museum.

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 [...] most surprising: in terms of per-capita income, the Danes were just as prosperous before the Industrial Revolution! Perhaps this also explains Denmark’s extraordinary development path. As far back as the early [...] prosperity. And as the country lacked not only the classic raw materials of coal and iron ore, but also other resources like wood and water power, agriculture was central to the country’s prosperity. Therefore

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 [...] pollution was largely accepted as an inevitable side effect of the industrial boom. From about the middle of the 18th century, the chemical industry also played its part in the increasing destruction of the e

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 [...] 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 fairground

environment exceed those from the industrial revolution era. This sets new goals and tasks in terms of communication and interpretation for all those dealing with the industrial heritage. At the same time, [...] combine both of these heritages. The European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is co-created by post-industrial sites from 28 European countries. The route includes over 2,300 sites, and the association [...] so-called “Anchor Points”. These are milestones of European industrial heritage, sites of particular historical significance for the industrial revolution, while offering visitors high-quality experiences. Among

following the start of the Industrial Revolution. There is a great deal of European common ground waiting to be discovered. For a start, the living and working conditions of the industrial age were more or less [...] states that formed the heart of the Industrial Revolution, is to implement the master plan developed during ERIH I. The underlying objectives are to protect Europe’s industrial heritage sites and use their [...] (now dissolved) German Society for Industrial Culture (DGfI) proposed to implement a pan-European network that would help to support the establishment of industrial heritage as a tourism brand. The network

of agricultural produce, and for other purposes, the prime purpose of the canals of the Industrial Revolution period throughout Europe was to carry coal. [...] history context the Barton Aqueduct demonstrated that canals could be built across the grain of the country, and could be more than navigable channels alongside rivers. In a broader international context

tracks of the industrial revolution. The result is a "circuit diagram" showing the connections between the main themes of European industrial heritage. In addition to the selection by industry, you can also [...] – the key materials of the industrial era - from iron ore. First, the ore has to be smelted in the blast furnace. more Service and Leisure Industry The Industrial Revolution resulted in more and more [...] Procedure Regional Routes European Theme Routes Industrial Architecture The continuous improvement in the processing of iron and concrete during the Industrial Revolution opened up new and previously undreamt-of

As one of the few remaining fully functional mills in the country Fellenberg bears witness to the transition period from hand work to industrial factory production. In 1797 a flour mill was set up in the [...] working day. But the museum does not simply bear witness to hand work on the edge of the industrial revolution. Today it presents exhibitions of paintings, photography and sculpture, not forgetting other

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF FINLAND Listen Finland’s rise as a prosperous industrial nation, which started in the mid-20th century, is due primarily to two very different factors: its extensive forests [...] furniture in Finnish design may be found around the world. The country also exports oil drilling platforms, machinery for the wood and paper industries, and cranes and forklifts. Since the service sector surpassed [...] resources: both coal and oil must be imported, and although running waters are plentiful in this country, generally they do not have sufficient gradient to drive water wheels or turbines. Nor could agriculture

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF FRANCE Listen The industrialisation of France began late and proceeded so hesitantly that one cannot speak of an "industrial revolution". The soils of the "Grande Nation" do [...] construction of a huge blast furnace group began in Uckange. At the same time, industries of the "Second Industrial Revolution" such as electrical engineering, chemistry and aluminium production became e [...] Searching in History: The Industrial Revolution in France HpT: Révolution industrielle en France et dans le Monde (XIXe) WIKIPEDIA: Economy of France World Atlas: The biggest industries in France Noisiel. Menier

Iron foundries and engineering works were essential to equip new industries in the industrial revolution. In Denmark, Søren Frich was an engineer who created an important iron foundry and engineering works [...] Britain. When he returned to Denmark in 1853 he saw an opportunity to improve iron casting in the country and he decided to set up his own foundry. With money from his father, he opened the foundry at Aarhus [...] mills, breweries, soap manufacturing and dairies. In 1885, Frich sold his business and retired to a country estate. He died in 1901. The company continued to develop after him. With 400 workers it was the

oil pipelines have criss-crossed the country for over a hundred years. Georgia’s natural resources were exploited early on. Some researchers identify the country as among the first pre-historic cultures [...] Bagratid Dynasty, which briefly reigned over the country as kings, systematically expanded mining in the 18 th century. The Russian Czars annexed the country to their empire at the start of the 19th century [...] the industries and played an important role in pre-revolutionary Russia. Georgia declared independence after the First World War, which left massive devastation in its wake, and the 1918 revolution;, but

glassmakers mastered both the French and Industrial Revolutions by specialising in the luxury product of lead crystal, and witness England as a pioneer of early industrial mass production. Some of the museums [...] quantities of firewood for the furnaces - a precondition particularly fulfilled by Scandinavian countries. In Germany, glassmakers originally settled in low mountain woodlands: the Thuringian, Black and [...] dirty. Despite all the differences, the featured sites have one thing in common: they illustrate an industry that was once dominated by highly specialised craftspeople, and bring their art back to life with

subjugation to the landowners following the revolution of 1848 result in any productivity gains. The Swiss foundryman Abraham Ganz is numbered among the few industrial pioneers of this era; he built an innovative [...] into an urban-oriented industrial society. Related Links ERIH Link List Relicts of Hungarian Iron Metallurgy WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Hungary World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Hungary? Győr. Distillery [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF HUNGARY Listen For a long time, Hungary’s economy was dominated by foreign powers, starting with Ottoman rule in the 16th century. Development thus followed a painful, inefficient