subject: European Route Of Industrial Heritage [print this page] Anchor Points Anchor Points
The virtual main route is built by the so-called Anchor Points. These are Industrial Heritage sites which are the historically most important and most attractive for visitors. In a first step the route leads through Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Germany.
Location
Site
Theme(s)
Amlwch
Mynydd Parys and Porth Amlwch
Mining, Transport and Communication
Amsterdam
Heineken Experience - Heineken Brewery
Production and Manufacturing
Beringen
Flemish Coal Mining Museum
Mining
Birmingham
Jewellery Quarter
Production and Manufacturing
Blaenavon
Big Pit National Coal Museum
Mining
Bradford
Saltaire Village
Textile, Production and Manufacturing
Brandenburg an der Havel
Industrial Museum
Iron and Steel
Brentford
Kew Bridge Steam Museum
Energy, Water
Chatham, Kent
Chatham Historic Dockyard
Transport and Communication
Chemnitz
Chemnitz Industrial Museum
Textile, Production and Manufacturing, Energy, Transport and Communication
Cromford
Derwent Valley Mills
Textile
Crynant
Cefn Coed Colliery Museum
Mining
Delmenhorst
Nordwolle
Textile
Differdange
Industry and Railway Park Fond-de-Gras
Mining, Transport and Communication
Dortmund
Westphalian Industrial Museum Zollern II/IV Colliery
Mining
Duisburg
Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord
Iron and Steel
Dundee
Verdant Works
Textile
Enschede
Museum of Textiles and Social Life Jannink
Textile
Essen
World Heritage Site Zollverein XII Colliery & Coking Plant
Mining
Euskirchen
Rhineland Industrial Museum Mueller Cloth Mill
Textile
Gloucester
National Waterways Museum and Gloucester Dock
Transport and Communication
Goslar
Mines of Rammelsberg World Heritage Site
Mining
Grfenhainichen
Ferropolis - Town of Iron
Mining, Energy
Haarlemmermeer
Steam Pumping Station De Cruquius
Energy, Water
Hamburg
Museum of Work
Production and Manufacturing
Hengelo
Museum of Technology HEIM
Production and Manufacturing, Energy
Hoyerswerda
Lusatia Mining Museum Knappenrode
Mining
Kerkrade
Museum of Industry INDUSTRION
Mining, Production and Manufacturing
Kidderminster
Severn Valley Railway
Transport and Communication
La Louvire
Mining Site Bois-du-Luc. Ecomuse
Mining
Lage
Westphalian Industrial Museum Brick Works Lage
Production and Manufacturing
Lanark
New Lanark
Textiles
Lichterfeld
Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60
Mining
Liverpool
Merseyside Maritime Museum
Transport and Communication
Llanberis
National Slate Museum
Production and Manufacturing
Manchester
Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester
Textile, Production and Manufacturing, Energy, Transport and Communication
Merkers
Merkers Adventure Mine
Mining
Newtongrange
Scottish Mining Museum
Mining
Northwich
Lion Salt Works
Production and Manufacturing
Nrnberg
DB (German Railway) Museum
Transport and Communication
Oberhausen
Gasometer next to CentrO
Energy
Papenburg
Meyer Shipyard
Production and Manufacturing
Peenemnde
Historical and Technical Information Centre
Energy, Transport and Communication
Penzance
Geevor Tin Mine
Mining
Petite-Rosselle
La mine, Muse du Carreau Wendel
Mining
Rhondda
Rhondda Heritage Park
Mining
Rotterdam
Wilhelmina Quays
Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication
Selb
European Industrial Museum of China
Production and Manufacturing
Sheffield
Kelham Island Museum
Iron and Steel, Production and Manufacturing, Energy
Solingen
Rhineland Industrial Museum Hendrichs Drop Forge
Production and Manufacturing
Stoke-on-Trent
Gladstone Pottery Museum
Production and Manufacturing
Swansea
National Waterfront Museum
Mining, Iron and Steel, Production and Manufacturing, Energy, Transport and Communication, Water
Tavistock
Morwellham Quay
Mining, Transport and Communication
Telford
Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Mining, Iron and Steel, Production and Manufacturing, Energy
Tilburg
The Dutch Museum of Textiles
Textile
Uebigau-Wahrenbrck
Louise Briquette Works
Mining, Energy
Vlklingen
World Heritage Site Voelklingen Iron Works
Iron and Steel
Wakefield
National Coal Mining Museum for England
Mining
Waltham Abbey
Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills
Mining, Production and Manufacturing
Zaandam
Museum "Zaanse Schans"
Energy, Water
Zehdenick
Mildenberg Brick Work Park
Production and Manufacturing
Zevenaar
Brick Works De Panoven
Production and Manufacturing
Zwickau
August Horch Museum
Production and Manufacturing
Regional Routes
Regional Routes (like the Route der Industriekultur in the Ruhr) cover regions as where industrial history has left its mark.
European Theme Routes
Ten European Theme Routes show the diversity of industrial landscapes all over Europe and the common roots of industrial history:
Mining: The treasures of the Earth
Iron & Steel: The glow of the blast furnaces
Textiles: From fibre to fabrique
Production: Goods for the world
Energy: What makes us go
Transport & Communication: The tracks of the Industrial Revolution
Water: Blue Gold
Housing & Architecture
Service & Leisure Industry
Industrial Landscapes
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