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List of industrial heritage sites

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

Site NameImageLocationCountryAddedNotes
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape BlaenavonUnited Kingdom2000
Boat Lifts on the Canal du Centre HainautBelgium1998
City of Potosí Potosí DepartmentBolivia1987
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape CornwallUnited Kingdom2006
Crespi d'Adda Capriate San GervasioItaly1995
Derwent Valley Mills DerbyshireUnited Kingdom2001
Engelsberg Ironworks ÄngelsbergSweden1993
Fagus Factory AlfeldGermany2011
Forth Bridge Firth of Forth, ScotlandUnited Kingdom2015
Fray Bentos Cultural-Industrial Landscape Río Negro DepartmentUruguay2015
Great Copper Mountain FalunSweden2001
Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija Almadén and IdrijaSlovenia and Spain2012
Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina Diamantina, Minas GeraisBrazil1999
Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry Tarnowskie GóryPoland2017
Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity Banská ŠtiavnicaSlovakia1993
Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines Guanajuato CityMexico1988
Historic Town of Ouro Preto Ouro PretoBrazil1980
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works Tarapacá RegionChile2005
Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) LemsterlandNetherlands1998
Ironbridge Gorge ShropshireUnited Kingdom1986
Ivrea, Industrial City of the 20th Century IvreaItaly2018
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine Ōda, ShimaneJapan2007
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning Canton of NeuchâtelSwitzerland2009
Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City LiverpoolUnited Kingdom2004In 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 WalloniaBelgium2012Four sites: Grand Hornu, Bois-du-Luc, Bois du Cazier, Blegny-Mine
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout South HollandNetherlands1997
Mountain Railways of India Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Nilgiri Mountain Railway, Kalka–Shimla RailwayIndia1999
New Lanark South Lanarkshire, ScotlandUnited Kingdom2001
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin Nord-Pas-de-CalaisFrance2012
Ombilin Coal Mine SawahluntoIndonesia2019
Ore Mountain Mining Region North Bohemia and SaxonyCzech Republic and Germany2019
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Wrexham County Borough, WalesUnited Kingdom2009
Rhaetian Railway Albula Railway and Bernina RailwayItaly and Switzerland2008
Rideau Canal OntarioCanada2007
Rjukan–Notodden Industrial Heritage Site TelemarkNorway2015
Røros Mining Town and the Circumference TrøndelagNorway1980
Saltaire West YorkshireUnited Kingdom2001
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 PrefectureJapan2015Thirty component sites in eight areas
Semmering Railway Semmering PassAustria1998
Sewell Mining Town MachalíChile2006
Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus HamburgGermany2015
Tomioka Silk Mill Tomioka, GunmaJapan2014
Upper Harz Water Regale Upper HarzGermany1992Affiliated with Mines of Rammelsberg
Van Nelle Factory RotterdamNetherlands2014
Verla Groundwood and Board Mill KymenlaaksoFinland1996
Vizcaya Bridge BiscaySpain2006
Völklingen Ironworks SaarlandGermany1994
Water Management System of Augsburg AugsburgGermany2019
Wieliczka Salt Mine WieliczkaPoland1978
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex North Rhine-WestphaliaGermany2001

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

Site NameImageLocationCountryListedReferenceNotes
1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road railway station ManchesterEngland19521282991[2]
Albert Dock, Warehouses A-E and Office LiverpoolEngland19521205175[3]
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet SheffieldEngland19521246418[4]Also known as Abbeydale Works Museum.[5]
Broadford Works AberdeenScotland1967LB43908[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 ArmaghNorthern Ireland
Crofton Pumping Station Great BedwynEngland19851034049[7]More information[8]
Crossness Pumping Station CrossnessEngland19701064241[9]
Forth Bridge Firth of ForthScotland1973LB40370[10]Nominated in May 2011 for addition to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.[11]
Forth Road Bridge Firth of ForthScotland2001LB47778[12]
Galloway hydro-electric power scheme GallowayScotland1990LB17126[13]
Glenfinnan Viaduct GlenfinnanScotland1971LB310[14]
Grandholm Works AberdeenScotland1991LB18985[15]The largest vertically integrated tweed mill in Scotland.
House Mill Bromley-by-BowEngland19551080970[16]More information[17]
Kincardine Bridge Firth of ForthScotland2005LB50078[18]
Penallta Colliery HengoedWales
Preston Mill East LothianScotland1971LB14531[19]18th century watermill and kiln, possibly incorporating earlier structure, with later additions.
Temple Works HolbeckEngland19511375162[20]
Verdant Works DundeeScotland1987LB25140[21]1833 flax mill with mid 19th century ancillary buildings.
Woodbridge Tide Mill Woodbridge, SuffolkEngland19511300451[22]

National Historic Sites of Canada

Site NameImageLocationCountryDesignatedNotes
Atlas No. 3 Coal Mine National Historic Site East Coulee, AlbertaCanada2001An exceptionally well-preserved coal-mining landscape spread across the side of a bluff.[23]
Backhouse Grist Mill National Historic Site Norfolk County, OntarioCanada1998One of the oldest and best preserved examples of a small-scale, water-powered mill remaining in Canada.[24]
Beauharnois Hydroelectric Power Station Beauharnois, QuebecCanada1990Considered 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, QuebecCanada1929The 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, OntarioCanada2002A rare cultural landscape consisting of vestiges and buildings associated with the evolution of hard rock mining in Canada.[27]
Esterhazy Flour Mill Esterhazy, SaskatchewanCanada2009A 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, QuebecCanada2011Former Dominion Corset Manufacturing Building.[29]
First Commercial Oil Field National Historic Site Oil Springs, OntarioCanada1925The 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, QuebecCanada1920Established 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 ColumbiaCanada1976Operated until 1979.[32]
Inglis Grain Elevators National Historic Site Inglis, ManitobaCanada1995Erected 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, QuebecCanada1929An 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, QuebecCanada1997Former Redpath Sugar Refinery Property.[35]
McLean Mill National Historic Site Vancouver Island, British ColumbiaCanada1989Former sawmill and logging operation established in 1925 by Robert Bartlett McLean.[36]
Québec Bridge National Historic Site Quebec City, QuebecCanada1995The longest clear-span cantilever bridge in the world.[37]
Queenston-Chippawa Hydro-Electric Development National Historic Site Niagara Falls, OntarioCanada1990Built 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, QuebecCanada2002An 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 ScotiaCanada1997One 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, OntarioCanada1983The 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)

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

Site NameImageLocationCountryEstablishedNotes
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site Blair County and Cambria County, PennsylvaniaUnited States1964The Allegheny Portage Railroad was 36 miles in length connecting the Hollidaysburg Canal Basin with the basin at Johnstown.[42]
Boston Naval Shipyard Boston, MassachusettsUnited States1974Part 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, PennsylvaniaUnited States1938Park showcases an early American industrial landscape from natural resource extraction to enlightened conservation.[44]
Lowell National Historical Park Lowell, MassachusettsUnited States1978Park 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 JerseyUnited States2011Great 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, MassachusettsUnited States1968A 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, MassachusettsUnited States1978NHS includes the original 1840s arsenal houses the world's largest collection of historic American military firearms.[48]
Staple Bend Tunnel Johnstown, PennsylvaniaUnited States2001Operated as a separate area of Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site since 2001.[49]
Steamtown National Historic Site Scranton, PennsylvaniaUnited States1986Steamtown NHS occupies about 40 acres of the Scranton railroad yard of the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.[50]

National Historic Landmarks (USA)

Site NameImageLocationCountryAddedNotes
Bingham Canyon Mine Salt Lake County, UtahUnited States1966
Boston Manufacturing Company Waltham, MassachusettsUnited States1977
Carrie Blast Furnaces 6 and 7 Rankin, PennsylvaniaUnited States2006
Clark Thread Company Historic District East Newark, New JerseyUnited States1978
Ford River Rouge Complex Dearborn, MichiganUnited States1978
Harmony Mills Cohoes, New YorkUnited States1999
Harrisville Historic District Harrisville, New HampshireUnited States1977
Highland Park Ford Plant Highland Park, MichiganUnited States1978
Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine Hibbing, MinnesotaUnited States1966
Lowell Locks and Canals Historic District Lowell, MassachusettsUnited States1977
Mountain Iron Mine Mountain Iron, MinnesotaUnited States1968
Peavey–Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator St. Louis Park, MinnesotaUnited States1981
Phoenix Shot Tower Baltimore, MarylandUnited States1971
Pillsbury A-Mill Minneapolis, MinnesotaUnited States1966
Quincy Mining Company Historic District Houghton County, MichiganUnited States1989
St. Croix Boom Site Stillwater, MinnesotaUnited States1966
Slater Mill Historic Site Pawtucket, Rhode IslandUnited States1966
Sloss Furnaces Birmingham, AlabamaUnited States1981
Soudan Iron Mine Tower, MinnesotaUnited States1966
Speedwell Ironworks Morris County, New JerseyUnited States1974
Spindletop Beaumont, TexasUnited States1966
Washburn A Mill Complex Minneapolis, MinnesotaUnited States1983
Watervliet Arsenal Watervliet, New YorkUnited States1966

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References

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