EUROPE'S INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE Listen ERIH , the EUROPEAN ROUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE , your guide to Europe's industrial heritage About ERIH and its Route System Please accept cookies in order to use maps [...] Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City More to discover: European Theme Routes Application of Power Chemistry Communication Housing Industrial Architecture Industry and [...] has thus positioned itself outside what constitutes our common European values and the basis of our European cooperation as a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe. We strongly disapprove the illegal

the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is doing. Come with us on an exciting journey of discovery along the milestones of European industrial history. What is ERIH ? ERIH is the European Route [...] simultaneously starting points for a variety of regional routes. Regionale Routes Each region has its own speciality. In this respect European industrial heritage is just like food. Its strength lies in [...] a number of less significant industrial monuments - the small cogs in the large machine. European Theme Routes Such as "The treasures of the Earth": what, where, when and how were they extracted from the

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Kingdom (essay "Industrial Revolution", sites of European Theme Routes, biographies) Lorenz Töpperwien , Cologne, Germany (Achor Points, Regional Routes "Ruhrgebiet" and "Industrial Valleys", translations [...] l history of European countries, history of industries, translations German > English) Dr Peter Wakelin , Llangattock Lingoed, Abergavenny, United Kingdom (sites of European Theme Routes, biographies) [...] Gültigkeit davon unberührt. ['ERIH' - 'European Route of Industrial Heritage' ® is registered as European Union Trademark] Since 2019 ERIH is certified as a "Cultural Route of the Council of Europe"

hydraulic props were in action on a large scale. An associated “Kohle & Energie” (Coal and Energy) theme park extends over 3.5 ha and was opened in 2003, displaying large excavators used in open cast workings [...] lake) deal with the rehabilitation of former mining areas. The Braunkohle-Rundweg, a 35 km circular route for hikers and cyclists providing access to 20 sites of historical interest in the coalfield, starts

Visitors are invited to discover the varied aspects of the industrial monument by following several theme routes. The path of iron starts at the ore and coal bunkers, takes the elevator straight up the oldest

rises into the sky. A huge wooden bucket wheel dominates the ground floor. Once driven by the re-routed waters of the River Anger, it set the ingenious mechanism into action via massive gear wheels and [...] full with the help of industrial espionage. This is how what is probably the first factory on the European continent came into being in Ratingen in 1784. In 1977 almost two hundred years later production

1846 to link the Manchester to Bolton line with Radcliffe. It was a popular passenger and freight route which continued along the Irwell Valley to Rawtenstall. 1972 saw the last passengers travel on the [...] Railway is a vibrant, year-round attraction offering trips and tours, Lancastrian Lunch Trains, Theme Days and even opportunities to experience driving steam and diesel locomotives.

The Old Town in Arhus, the principal city of Jutland, is unusual amongst European open air museums in that it consists largely of urban buildings rather than farmsteads that have been removed from their [...] er. There are displays illustrating the history of clocks, toys, silverware and pottery, and the theme of textile production can be followed throughout the museum. The Old Town is one of the most popular

and ethnically were predominantly German until 1945. The cities lie at the point where the main routes from Russia and Cracow through the Beskid mountains cross the river, and textile manufactures flourished [...] aspects of the history of the textile industry, and perhaps show more clearly than in any other European city the evolution of factory-based textile production from manufacturing workshops on the premises [...] 19th century, winding machines and weft winders. The museum is a site on the Industrial Monuments Route of the Silesian Voivodeship.

The River Rhine has been the most important European trade artery during the industrial period. It is now a commercial navigation between Rotterdam and Basle. Its course through the Netherlands has been [...] Koln-Dusseldorfer Rheinschiffart company established a passenger service which proved popular as a route to Switzerland. The river was notable for the huge floats of timber that passed from its upper reaches

that was portrayed in Le Sang des Betes, the film by Georges Franju (1912-87). In Paris as in other European capitals, central markets came to be moved from the third quarter of the 20th century towards the [...] to computer science, telecommunications and printing. The permanent exhibitions illustrate three themes: water, plant life and energy, and there are displays relating to space, motor cars, aeronautics

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF BELGIUM Listen The industrial age of the European continent began in Belgium, where conditions were similarly good to those in England: coal had been mined in the valleys of [...] capital and on to Antwerp. The state single-mindedly boosted the economy by expanding the transport routes - the early planning of the railway network proved to be a decisive step. In 1835, a train ran from [...] wages. The workers fought back in bitter strikes and the region developed into a centre of the early European workers' movement. Liège and its surroundings, well connected by railway lines and the Meuse with

employed thousands of workers. However, widespread industrialisation did not take off - poor transport routes contributed to this and countless domestic customs barriers hindered sales. The development of waterways [...] train carried coal from the mining area around St. Etienne to the Loire for shipment, and in 1832 the route was extended to Lyon, the metropolis of silk weaving. But it was not until the 1850s that the entire [...] factories generated a constantly growing demand for raw materials and for sales markets - and the major European powers entered into increasingly fierce competition for them. However, France's new colonies only

Douglas Corporation in the United States from 1933. During the 1930s Fokker supplied KLM and other European airlines with the Douglas DC-2 and DC-3 Dakota manufactured under license. After the Second World [...] was successful with the S-14 military jet trainer, and with two airliners designed for secondary routes, the turbo-prop F-27 Friendship and the jet F-28 Fellowship, but it proved too small to survive in

Alojzy Juhlke was one of many millions of East Europeans whose lives were changed utterly by the Second World War. He was born at Tuchola near Bydgoszcz in Poland, the son of a farmer, and expected to [...] after the site was bombed and made his way across Europe, passing through Lille and Gibraltar en route to England. He trained as a tank driver in the First Polish Armoured Division, with whom he fought

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almost 20-fold. Unfortunately, the anticipated increase in freight traffic never materialised. The route for wide beam boats was also not completed, as the narrow locks at the southern end of the Grand Union [...] Plane boat lift back into full use. The Inclined Plane is an important part of local, national and European heritage. The Partnership’s ultimate Vision is for it to be restored to full working order thus

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between 1939 and 1940. Britannia Rail Bridge Robert Stephenson chose to build his magnificent Egyptian themed, tubular rail bridge at the second narrowest point on the Menai Strait. Begun in 1846, the bridge [...] tier steel arch truss design carrying not only the railway from London to Holyhead but also a major European roadway, linking Continental Europe to Ireland. The full history of the bridges and several artefacts