Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1825. Robert left the country in 1824 to establish gold and silver mines in Colombia, South America. On his return journey in 1827 he met the locomotive pioneer Richard Trevithick
region. Riepl continued to consult on industrial enterprises, including an ironworks at Sobotín and mines in Istria, Dalmatia and Bohemia. His work enabled the exploitation of mineral wealth and the industrial
use until 1900. Meanwhile, Périer decided to build and sell steam engines himself at Chaillot for mines and factories across France. He paid an operating fee to Boulton & Watt under licence for his first
and hydraulic presses for packing cloth and testing chains. He was also a consulting engineer to mines, drainage projects, gasworks and waterworks. After he died in 1826, his own foundry made a cast-iron
well as rituals and traditions relating to music, food, sport and festivals. Pigeon fancier's clubs, miners' choirs, football teams and their fan culture, canteens and pubs, regional crafts and recipes have
1818, Brunel had patented a tunnelling ‘shield’. This was a reinforced shield of cast iron in which miners would dig forwards in separate compartments. The shield was driven forward by jacks and the tunnel
1775, he and Watt created their formal partnership to design and install steam engines, typically at mines and blast furnaces. The parts were made by others under their supervision and they took a royalty
j was a Ukrainian banker and industrialist who created companies that developed large-scale coal mines, railways and steelworks in the Donbas basin in the late 19th century, making it one of the most important [...] under-developed Donbas coalfield. In 1879 he founded the Altschewskyj Mining Society, which opened mines for anthracite and became the third largest coal producer in the region. In 1895, he cofounded the [...] steelworks at Sartana near Mariupol. His Southern Mining Society, founded in 1898, took over coal mines at Kryvyi Rih and Kerch. Altschewskyj was an advocate for social causes, education and Ukrainian culture
stages. The route runs along the mining paths walked by miners during the great mining epic. Walking along this Trail, you will encounter mines and industrial archaeological sites from the Sardinian mining [...] and intangible mining heritage, offering hikers a unique opportunity to discover the history of the miners and their cultural identity. The CMSB Foundation is founder and member of the European Mining Routes
546-km iron-ore line built between 1888 and 1903 from the Gulf of Bothnia at Luleå to the iron-ore mines around Kiruna and the Norwegian sea at Narvik. It also shows material from elsewhere in the north
The vast Kiruna iron ore mine In Lapland is operated by the Swedish mining company LKAB. The ore resource was known for centuries but remoteness and harsh climate prevented exploitation. Finally, surface [...] body to a depth of 1,365m. In 2014 work began to move the city 3km to avoid subsidence. The latest mine expansion uses remote-controlled machines and transport. Pre-booked visitors go to the Kiruna tourist
lignite was formed, seeing remains of plants and animals from the mine, including an ancient forest and a mammoth. The history of the Bełchatów mine and power plant are also set out and visitors can try operating [...] is the largest electricity generator in Poland with 40 power stations and two lignite (brown coal) mines. Its Bełchatów lignite power station is one of the biggest generators in the world. The company’s [...] operating a power-station control desk. A viewing platform can be visited separately at the lignite mine 27km away at Żłobnica.
reached a peak in 1967 but ended in 1974 due to international competition. Former miners created an association to preserve the mine. Visitors enter riding a working railway with an electric locomotive and go [...] Finstergrund opened as a visitor mine in 1982. Lead and silver mining around Wieden in the Black Forest began in the 13th century and continued, with some breaks, until the early 19th century. In the early [...] mineral veins, up to 2m deep, methods of drilling and blasting and the transport of the ore out of the mine. Many different minerals can be seen in the walls of the working chambers. Nearby above ground is
Development of the Joseph and Else shafts started in 1912 but was interrupted by war and most of the mine buildings were completed in 1924. Although mining stopped in 1966, today the shafts are used for the [...] winding-engine houses, a lamproom and a fire station. The baths has showers around a central hall where miners’ clothes were hung to dry on long chains. The space is brought to life by a sound installation with
groups from the USSR itself were accused of disloyalty. Prisoners were mainly used in coal and ore mines, the timber and fishing industries, and on large construction sites, such as the construction of the [...] forced prison labour was used in virtually all industries. Notorious were the open-cast lignite mines, where extremely hard physical labour was required in all weathers. But even more dangerous was work
mining museum is sited at the former Julius III lignite mine, 30km north of Most. It was established in 2003 by the Association of North Bohemian Miners in collaboration with the Most museum to show the history [...] work of mine rescue services and the history of mining disasters. Also on display are scale models of opencast processes, winding gear, limekilns and the surface buildings of the Humboldt II mine in the
company employed 14,000 people at several mines in the area. Mining began in ancient times but expanded with capital investment from the 1920s. The Spoluka mine was worked out by around 1972 and opened [...] The Spoluka mine in the town of Madan in the Rhodope mountains produced a wide range of economic minerals: lead, zinc, gold, silver, copper and cadmium. It was operated by the Bulgarian-Soviet company [...] tracks and waggons, safety equipment and pneumatic systems. A vertical shaft, ventilation chimney and mine yard are also preserved. On the surface are displays with models, historical equipment and images
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 long after its demise in 1986, today's ERIH
provides not only architectural highlights but also an authentic insight into the hard labour of the miners. Complementing this, the Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park illustrates the technology and workflow of [...] panoramic view 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
