will play a major role in it. Over the past twenty years, former industrial sites have often become symbols of change and have adapted to new uses. Moreover, many of the ‘cathedrals of work’ across Europe
synthetic inputs. By the 1920s, the herbicide auxin 2,4-D had been introduced: It can be seen as a symbol of the ambivalence of development, as auxin was a product of chemical weapons research. The same
that are fulfilled, the better it is. The ideal Anchor Point is a historically authentic site with symbolic value and (ideally national) importance for Europe´s industrial history. However, if the site is
and locomotives flourished in particular. The Vienna International Exposition of 1873 stood as a symbol for this development – even though shortly after its opening a "Black Friday" stock market crash
its courtyard, elegant water basin and slender brick chimney was constructed in 1863. Today it is a symbol of Prato´s centuries-old textile tradition which has marked the Tuscan town up to the present day
built in the valleys of the country’s rugged, mountainous outback. The first section of the highly symbolic “Highway No. 1” between Belgrade and Zagreb was opened in 1950 – though it soon acquired an ominous
identity. Today, people in all European countries look back on a time that has faded into the past, symbolised by thousands of industrial monuments, which are cherished and preserved as witnesses to our technical [...] there is no future. Over the past two decades, many of the same industrial monuments have become symbols of change. They are not only revitalised in a museum context, but also reused to live and work in
Among the region's most striking landmarks is the Oberhausen Gasometer . This unique cultural venue with its spectacular exhibitions reveals its full atmosphere to visitors who let the glass panorama
The Light Factory. Museum of Energy in Ponferrada, Spain, symbolises a new, promising technology: light as first application in the history of industrial power generation. Built in 1919, the thermal power
the smokebox of a locomotive. He produced the class 310 2-6-4 tender engine in 1911 that came to symbolise the Austrian express passenger locomotive, and is generally reckoned to be one of the outstanding
and also for railway stations - for example, London's St. Pancras terminus in 1873. The most famous symbol of the time, however, is the iron tower built by the engineer Gustave Eiffel in 1889 for the World's
land-owners neglected their estates. The potato, which grows even in the poorest soils, became the sad symbol of Irish backwardness. But the country lacked the raw materials, capital and tradition of tradesmanship
Bessemer converter whose invention in 1856 revolutionised steel manufacturing. “Little mesters” symbolise Sheffield’s longstanding craft tradition. These were the forgers, grinders and toolmakers who turned
Georges Nagelmackers established an international company that came to symbolise luxury travel by rail. He was born in Liège to a wealthy family who had interests in railways and banking, and links to
about the 314-m tall Lakihegy radio transmission tower built in in 1933 show why it is still the symbol of Hungarian broadcasting. Branches of the museum can be found in other parts of Hungary.
still used by the Underground authorities. It was Johnson who in 1918 designed the red Underground symbol. In 1933 Pick commissioned Harry Beck (1903-74) to design the well-known diagrammatic map of the
bakers (Lebzelter) set up their stalls. It was the site of the World Exhibitions of 1873 and 1897. The symbol of the Prater is a 60 m diameter Ferris Wheel (Reisenrad) built for the latter by the English engineer
paper and cellulose) Paper Mill in north-west Anatolia began in 1934 and it was widely seen as a symbol of the industrialisation of Turkey under Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938). The company was privatised in
