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This is a list of notable Industrial heritage sites throughout the world that have been inscribed on "top tier" heritage lists, including the UNESCO World Heritage List,[1] Grade I listed buildings (England and Wales), Category A listed buildings (Scotland), Grade A listed buildings (Northern Ireland), National Historic Sites of Canada, National Historic Landmarks (USA), etc.

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

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Site Name Image Location Country Added Notes
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape Blaenavon United Kingdom 2000
Boat Lifts on the Canal du Centre Hainaut Belgium 1998
City of Potosí Potosí Department Bolivia 1987
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape Cornwall United Kingdom 2006
Crespi d'Adda Capriate San Gervasio Italy 1995
Derwent Valley Mills Derbyshire United Kingdom 2001
Engelsberg Ironworks Ängelsberg Sweden 1993
Fagus Factory Alfeld Germany 2011
Forth Bridge Firth of Forth, Scotland United Kingdom 2015
Fray Bentos Cultural-Industrial Landscape Río Negro Department Uruguay 2015
Great Copper Mountain Falun Sweden 2001
Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija Almadén and Idrija Slovenia and Spain 2012
Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina Diamantina, Minas Gerais Brazil 1999
Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry Tarnowskie Góry Poland 2017
Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity Banská Štiavnica Slovakia 1993
Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines Guanajuato City Mexico 1988
Historic Town of Ouro Preto Ouro Preto Brazil 1980
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works Tarapacá Region Chile 2005
Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) Lemsterland Netherlands 1998
Ironbridge Gorge Shropshire United Kingdom 1986
Ivrea, Industrial City of the 20th Century Ivrea Italy 2018
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine Ōda, Shimane Japan 2007
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning Canton of Neuchâtel Switzerland 2009
Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City Liverpool United Kingdom 2004 In 2012, the site was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger due to the proposed construction of Liverpool Waters project.
Major Mining Sites of Wallonia Wallonia Belgium 2012 Four sites: Grand Hornu, Bois-du-Luc, Bois du Cazier, Blegny-Mine
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout South Holland Netherlands 1997
Mountain Railways of India Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Nilgiri Mountain Railway, Kalka–Shimla Railway India 1999
New Lanark South Lanarkshire, Scotland United Kingdom 2001
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin Nord-Pas-de-Calais France 2012
Ombilin Coal Mine Sawahlunto Indonesia 2019
Ore Mountain Mining Region North Bohemia and Saxony Czech Republic and Germany 2019
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Wrexham County Borough, Wales United Kingdom 2009
Rhaetian Railway Albula Railway and Bernina Railway Italy and Switzerland 2008
Rideau Canal Ontario Canada 2007
Rjukan–Notodden Industrial Heritage Site Telemark Norway 2015
Røros Mining Town and the Circumference Trøndelag Norway 1980
Saltaire West Yorkshire United Kingdom 2001
Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining Fukuoka Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefecture, Nagasaki Prefecture, Saga Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture and Yamaguchi Prefecture Japan 2015 Thirty component sites in eight areas
Semmering Railway Semmering Pass Austria 1998
Sewell Mining Town Machalí Chile 2006
Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus Hamburg Germany 2015
Tomioka Silk Mill Tomioka, Gunma Japan 2014
Upper Harz Water Regale Upper Harz Germany 1992 Affiliated with Mines of Rammelsberg
Van Nelle Factory Rotterdam Netherlands 2014
Verla Groundwood and Board Mill Kymenlaakso Finland 1996
Vizcaya Bridge Biscay Spain 2006
Völklingen Ironworks Saarland Germany 1994
Water Management System of Augsburg Augsburg Germany 2019
Wieliczka Salt Mine Wieliczka Poland 1978
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex North Rhine-Westphalia Germany 2001

Grade I listed industrial buildings and structures in England and Wales, Category A in Scotland, Grade A in Northern Ireland

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Site Name Image Location Country Listed Reference Notes
1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road railway station Manchester England 1952 1282991[2]
Albert Dock, Warehouses A-E and Office Liverpool England 1952 1205175[3]
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet Sheffield England 1952 1246418[4] Also known as Abbeydale Works Museum.[5]
Broadford Works Aberdeen Scotland 1967 LB43908[6] The oldest iron-framed mill in Scotland, and the fourth oldest known to survive in the world, with 19th- and early-20th-century extensions.
Craigmore Viaduct County Armagh Northern Ireland
Crofton Pumping Station Great Bedwyn England 1985 1034049[7] More information[8]
Crossness Pumping Station Crossness England 1970 1064241[9]
Forth Bridge Firth of Forth Scotland 1973 LB40370[10] Nominated in May 2011 for addition to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.[11]
Forth Road Bridge Firth of Forth Scotland 2001 LB47778[12]
Galloway hydro-electric power scheme Galloway Scotland 1990 LB17126[13]
Glenfinnan Viaduct Glenfinnan Scotland 1971 LB310[14]
Grandholm Works Aberdeen Scotland 1991 LB18985[15] The largest vertically integrated tweed mill in Scotland.
House Mill Bromley-by-Bow England 1955 1080970[16] More information[17]
Kincardine Bridge Firth of Forth Scotland 2005 LB50078[18]
Penallta Colliery Hengoed Wales
Preston Mill East Lothian Scotland 1971 LB14531[19] 18th century watermill and kiln, possibly incorporating earlier structure, with later additions.
Temple Works Holbeck England 1951 1375162[20]
Verdant Works Dundee Scotland 1987 LB25140[21] 1833 flax mill with mid 19th century ancillary buildings.
Woodbridge Tide Mill Woodbridge, Suffolk England 1951 1300451[22]

National Historic Sites of Canada

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Site Name Image Location Country Designated Notes
Atlas No. 3 Coal Mine National Historic Site East Coulee, Alberta Canada 2001 An exceptionally well-preserved coal-mining landscape spread across the side of a bluff.[23]
Backhouse Grist Mill National Historic Site Norfolk County, Ontario Canada 1998 One of the oldest and best preserved examples of a small-scale, water-powered mill remaining in Canada.[24]
Beauharnois Hydroelectric Power Station Beauharnois, Quebec Canada 1990 Considered the most powerful generating station in Canada when completed in 1961. It is still one of the largest run-of-river plants in the world.[25]
Chambly Canal National Historic Site Chambly, Quebec Canada 1929 The canal constitutes part of an inland water transportation route joining Montréal and New York City. The site includes the waterway itself, nine locks, five weirs, two piers, dams, dikes and bridges, and several other elements and buildings associated with the operation of the canal.[26]
Cobalt Mining District National Historic Site Cobalt, Ontario Canada 2002 A rare cultural landscape consisting of vestiges and buildings associated with the evolution of hard rock mining in Canada.[27]
Esterhazy Flour Mill Esterhazy, Saskatchewan Canada 2009 A rare and complete illustration of a period of flour milling technology that was crucial to the grain industry.[28]
La Fabrique National Historic Site Quebec City, Quebec Canada 2011 Former Dominion Corset Manufacturing Building.[29]
First Commercial Oil Field National Historic Site Oil Springs, Ontario Canada 1925 The site contains the first commercial oil well in the world, the first drilled well in Canada, the first gumbeds that were commercially used in the world, and the first gas gusher in Canada.[30]
Forges du Saint-Maurice Trois-Rivières, Quebec Canada 1920 Established in 1730, Forges du Saint-Maurice was the principal industry under the French Regime. From 1973, the site has been the subject of an extensive research and interpretation program conducted by Parks Canada Agency.[31]
Gulf of Georgia Cannery Richmond, British Columbia Canada 1976 Operated until 1979.[32]
Inglis Grain Elevators National Historic Site Inglis, Manitoba Canada 1995 Erected between 1922 and 1941. A rare surviving icon of prairie towns during the “golden age of grain.”[33]
Lachine Canal National Historic Site Island of Montreal, Quebec Canada 1929 An early 19th-century canal, 14 kilometres in length, built to circumvent five kilometres of white water on the St. Lawrence River between Lachine and the old port on Montréal Island.[34]
Lachine Canal Manufacturing Complex National Historic Site Island of Montreal, Quebec Canada 1997 Former Redpath Sugar Refinery Property.[35]
McLean Mill National Historic Site Vancouver Island, British Columbia Canada 1989 Former sawmill and logging operation established in 1925 by Robert Bartlett McLean.[36]
Québec Bridge National Historic Site Quebec City, Quebec Canada 1995 The longest clear-span cantilever bridge in the world.[37]
Queenston-Chippawa Hydro-Electric Development National Historic Site Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada 1990 Built between 1917 and 1925, it was the first large hydro-electric project in the world.[38] Renamed after Adam Beck in 1950.
Shawinigan Aluminum Smelting Complex Shawinigan, Quebec Canada 2002 An early aluminum smelter and hydroelectric plants that supplied it with power. The oldest known, extant aluminum smelting complex in North America.[39]
Springhill Coal Mining National Historic Site Springhill, Nova Scotia Canada 1997 One of Canada's most commercially important coalfields. Surviving in situ surface and underground mining features are collectively more complete than any other in the province.[40]
Toronto Power Generating Station Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada 1983 The first wholly Canadian-owned hydro-electric facility at Niagara Falls. The powerhouse is an early and unusual application of Beaux-Arts design to an industrial site in Canada.[41]

National Historic Sites and National Historical Parks (USA)

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Note: most sites listed below are also National Historic Landmarks.

Site Name Image Location Country Established Notes
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site Blair County and Cambria County, Pennsylvania United States 1964 The Allegheny Portage Railroad was 36 miles in length connecting the Hollidaysburg Canal Basin with the basin at Johnstown.[42]
Boston Naval Shipyard Boston, Massachusetts United States 1974 Part of Boston National Historical Park. Site played an important role in building, and maintaining, the United States Navy fleet.[43]
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site Berks County, Pennsylvania United States 1938 Park showcases an early American industrial landscape from natural resource extraction to enlightened conservation.[44]
Lowell National Historical Park Lowell, Massachusetts United States 1978 Park tells the story of Lowell's role in the Industrial Revolution and America in the 19th-20th century.[45]
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Paterson, New Jersey United States 2011 Great Falls was harnessed to power new industries and played a key role in shaping the American Industrial Revolution and building the U.S. economy.[46]
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site Saugus, Massachusetts United States 1968 A reconstructed early integrated iron works, including a blast furnace, forge, rolling mill, shear, slitter and a quarter-ton drop hammer.[47]
Springfield Armory National Historic Site Springfield, Massachusetts United States 1978 NHS includes the original 1840s arsenal houses the world's largest collection of historic American military firearms.[48]
Staple Bend Tunnel Johnstown, Pennsylvania United States 2001 Operated as a separate area of Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site since 2001.[49]
Steamtown National Historic Site Scranton, Pennsylvania United States 1986 Steamtown NHS occupies about 40 acres of the Scranton railroad yard of the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.[50]

National Historic Landmarks (USA)

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Site Name Image Location Country Added Notes
Bingham Canyon Mine Salt Lake County, Utah United States 1966
Boston Manufacturing Company Waltham, Massachusetts United States 1977
Carrie Blast Furnaces 6 and 7 Rankin, Pennsylvania United States 2006
Clark Thread Company Historic District East Newark, New Jersey United States 1978
Ford River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan United States 1978
Harmony Mills Cohoes, New York United States 1999
Harrisville Historic District Harrisville, New Hampshire United States 1977
Highland Park Ford Plant Highland Park, Michigan United States 1978
Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine Hibbing, Minnesota United States 1966
Lowell Locks and Canals Historic District Lowell, Massachusetts United States 1977
Mountain Iron Mine Mountain Iron, Minnesota United States 1968
Peavey–Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator St. Louis Park, Minnesota United States 1981
Phoenix Shot Tower Baltimore, Maryland United States 1971
Pillsbury A-Mill Minneapolis, Minnesota United States 1966
Quincy Mining Company Historic District Houghton County, Michigan United States 1989
St. Croix Boom Site Stillwater, Minnesota United States 1966
Slater Mill Historic Site Pawtucket, Rhode Island United States 1966
Sloss Furnaces Birmingham, Alabama United States 1981
Soudan Iron Mine Tower, Minnesota United States 1966
Speedwell Ironworks Morris County, New Jersey United States 1974
Spindletop Beaumont, Texas United States 1966
Washburn A Mill Complex Minneapolis, Minnesota United States 1983
Watervliet Arsenal Watervliet, New York United States 1966

See also

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References

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  1. ^ World Heritage List
  2. ^ Historic England. "Old Warehouse to North of former Liverpool Road Railway Station (1282991)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1205175)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1246418)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Plan Your Visit | Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust".
  6. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Maberly Street, Broadford Works with returns to Ann Street and Hutcheon Street (Category A Listed Building) (LB43908)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  7. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1034049)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Crofton Beam Engines Starting Page". Archived from the original on 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  9. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1064241)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  10. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Forth Bridge (Category A Listed Building) (LB40370)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Historic Environment Scotland".
  12. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Forth Road Bridge with approach ramps and piers (Category A Listed Building) (LB47778)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  13. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Galloway Electric Power Scheme... (Category A Listed Building) (LB17126)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  14. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Glenfinnan Railway Viaduct over River Finnan (Category A Listed Building) (LB310)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  15. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Grandholm Works, old spinning mill, wing mill, engine and turbine houses (Category A Listed Building) (LB18985)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  16. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1080970)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  17. ^ "Home". housemill.org.uk.
  18. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Kincardine Bridge (Category A Listed Building) (LB50078)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  19. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Preston Mill (Category A Listed Building) (LB14531)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  20. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1375162)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  21. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "27 West Henderson's Wynd and return elevation to Milne Street, Verdant Works (Category A Listed Building) (LB25140)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  22. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1300451)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  23. ^ Atlas No. 3 Coal Mine. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  24. ^ Backhouse Grist Mill. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  25. ^ http://www.hydroquebec.com/learning/histoire/pop_centrale_beauharnois.html [permanent dead link‍]
  26. ^ Chambly Canal. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  27. ^ Cobalt Mining District. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  28. ^ Esterhazy Flour Mill. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  29. ^ La Fabrique. Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Parks Canada.
  30. ^ irst Commercial Oil Field. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  31. ^ Forges du Saint-Maurice. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  32. ^ Gulf of Georgia Cannery. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  33. ^ Inglis Grain Elevators National Historic Site. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  34. ^ Lachine Canal. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  35. ^ Lachine Canal Manufacturing Complex. Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Parks Canada.
  36. ^ McLean Mill. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  37. ^ Québec Bridge. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  38. ^ [1]. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  39. ^ Shawinigan Aluminum Smelting Complex. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  40. ^ Springhill Coal Mining. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  41. ^ Toronto Power Generating Station. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  42. ^ "History & Culture - Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)".
  43. ^ "Boston's Naval History - Boston National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)".
  44. ^ "Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)".
  45. ^ "History & Culture - Lowell National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)".
  46. ^ "Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)".
  47. ^ "Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)".
  48. ^ "History & Culture - Springfield Armory National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)".
  49. ^ "Staple Bend Tunnel - Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)".
  50. ^ "History & Culture - Steamtown National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)".
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