Industrial heritage

Engelsberg Ironworks, Sweden

Aerial imagery of abandoned cellulose factory "Attisholz Areal", Riedholz, Switzerland.

Harrisville Historic District, New Hampshire, USA

James Watt's workshop

Reconstructed historical factory in Žilina (Slovakia) for production of safety matches. Originally built in 1915 for the business firm Wittenberg and son.

Industrial heritage refers to the physical remains of the history of technology and industry, such as manufacturing and mining sites, as well as power and transportation infrastructure. Another definition expands this scope so that the term also covers places used for social activities related to industry such as housing, museums, education or religious worship, among other structures with values from a variety of fields in order to highlight the interdisciplinary character of industrial heritage. It is also argued that it includes the so-called sociofacts or aspects of social and institutional organizations, and mentifacts that constitute the attitudinal characteristics and value systems industrial heritage sites.

The scientific study of industrial remains is called industrial archaeology. The industrial heritage of a region is an aspect of its cultural heritage. It also forms part of a location's identity as it serves as evidence of progress and landmark achievements. The international organization dedicated to the study and preservation of such is The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage, known as TICCIH. These initiatives are partly driven by an interest in innovation and ingenuity or efforts to compensate for irreparable loss.

See also

• List of industrial archaeology topics
• List of notable industrial heritage sites
• Industrial archaeology

United Kingdom

• Anson Engine Museum
• Armley Mills Industrial Museum
• Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Big Pit National Coal Museum and Blaenavon Ironworks)
• Bratch
• Industrial archaeology of Dartmoor
• Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
• Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum, East Lothian, Scotland
• Prickwillow Museum
• Rhondda Heritage Park
• Scottish Industrial Railway Centre
• Stretham Old Engine

Republic of Ireland

• Allihies Copper Mine Museum, County Cork
• Arigna Mining Experience, County Roscommon
• Bunnadober Mill, County Mayo
• Donegal Railway Heritage Centre, County Donegal
• Glengowla Mines, County Galway
• Newbridge Silverware, County Kildare
• Steam Museum, Straffan, County Kildare

Europe

• European Route of Industrial Heritage
  • The Industrial Heritage Trail, Ruhr, Germany
• Ore Mountain Mining Region, Germany/Czech Republic
• Pythagoras Mechanical Workshop Museum, Norrtälje, Sweden
• Vizcaya Bridge, Biscay, Spain

Turkey

SantralIstanbul

• SantralIstanbul, Istanbul
• Hasanpaşa Gasworks, Istanbul
• Bomonti Beer Factory, Istanbul
• Tersane Istanbul, Istanbul
• Fişekhane, Istanbul

Other regions

• Industrial heritage of Barbados
• Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club, Australia
• Hagley Museum and Library, USA
• Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
• Soulé Steam Feed Works, USA
• Asian Route of Industrial Heritage
• The Modern Industrial Heritage Sites in Kyushu and Yamaguchi, Japan
• The Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Industrial Heritage, Japan

Further reading

• Douet, J, (ed.). Industrial Heritage Re-tooled: The TICCIH guide to Industrial Heritage Conservation. Lancaster: Carnegie. 2012. pp. 244 ISBN 978-1-85936-218-1
• Itzen, P., Müller, Chr. (eds), The Invention of Industrial Pasts: Heritage, political culture and economic debates in Great Britain and Germany, 1850-2010, Augsburg: Wissner. 2013. pp. 184 ISBN 978-3-89639-910-6.
• Oevermann, H., Mieg, H. A. (eds). Industrial Heritage Sites in Transformation: Clash of Discourses. London, New York: Routledge. 2014. pp. 222 ISBN 978-0415745284.
• Christian Wicke, Stefan Berger, and Jana Golombek (eds), Industrial Heritage and Regional Identities. London: Routledge. 2018. pp. 245ISBN 9781138241169.

External links

• "Industrial Heritage in All Regions", a list of links to industrial heritage sites in Great Britain, at Aboutbritain.com
• bih.ballarat.edu.au Archived 2013-04-07 at archive.today
• archeologiaindustriale.net, Project for the Italian Industrial Heritage promotion.
• Asturian industrial heritage