European Route of Industrial Heritage

The European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is a network of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. The aim of the project is to create interest for the common European Heritage of the Industrialization and its remains. ERIH also wants to promote regions, towns and sites showing the industrial history and market them as visitor attractions in the leisure and tourism industry.

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 and Germany.

Anchor Points

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 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	North Duisburg Landscape Park	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
Gräfenhainichen	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 Louvière	Mining Site Bois-du-Luc. Ecomusée	Mining
Lage	Westphalian Industrial Museum Brick Works Lage	Production and Manufacturing
Lanark	New Lanark	Textiles
Lichterfeld	Overburden Conveyer Bridge F60	Mining
Liverpool	Merseyside Maritime Museum	Transport and Communication
Llanberis	Welsh 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
Nürnberg	DB (German Railway) Museum	Transport and Communication
Oberhausen	Gasometer next to CentrO	Energy
Papenburg	Meyer Shipyard	Production and Manufacturing
Peenemünde	Historical and Technical Information Centre	Energy, Transport and Communication
Penzance	Geevor Tin Mine	Mining
Petite-Rosselle	La mine, Musée 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-Wahrenbrück	Louise Briquette Works	Mining, Energy
Völklingen	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