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List of industrial heritage sites

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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.

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World Heritage List

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Historic England. "Old Warehouse to North of former Liverpool Road Railway Station (1282991)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

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Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1205175)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

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Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1246418)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

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"Plan Your Visit | Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust".

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Historic Environment Scotland. "Maberly Street, Broadford Works with returns to Ann Street and Hutcheon Street (Category A Listed Building) (LB43908)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.

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Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1034049)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

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"Crofton Beam Engines Starting Page". Archived from the original on 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2011-06-25.

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Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1064241)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

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Historic Environment Scotland. "Forth Bridge (Category A Listed Building) (LB40370)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.

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Historic Environment Scotland. "Forth Road Bridge with approach ramps and piers (Category A Listed Building) (LB47778)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.

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Historic Environment Scotland. "Galloway Electric Power Scheme... (Category A Listed Building) (LB17126)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.

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Historic Environment Scotland. "Glenfinnan Railway Viaduct over River Finnan (Category A Listed Building) (LB310)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.

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Historic Environment Scotland. "Grandholm Works, old spinning mill, wing mill, engine and turbine houses (Category A Listed Building) (LB18985)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.

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Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1080970)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

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Historic Environment Scotland. "Kincardine Bridge (Category A Listed Building) (LB50078)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.

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Historic Environment Scotland. "Preston Mill (Category A Listed Building) (LB14531)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.

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Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1375162)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

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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.

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Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1300451)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

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Atlas No. 3 Coal Mine. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

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Backhouse Grist Mill. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

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Chambly Canal. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

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Cobalt Mining District. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

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Esterhazy Flour Mill. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

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La Fabrique. Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Parks Canada.

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irst Commercial Oil Field. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

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Forges du Saint-Maurice. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

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Gulf of Georgia Cannery. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

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Inglis Grain Elevators National Historic Site. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

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Lachine Canal. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

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Lachine Canal Manufacturing Complex. Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Parks Canada.

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McLean Mill. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

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Québec Bridge. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

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Shawinigan Aluminum Smelting Complex. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

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Springhill Coal Mining. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

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Toronto Power Generating Station. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

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"History & Culture - Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)".

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"Boston's Naval History - Boston National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)".

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"Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)".

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"History & Culture - Lowell National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)".

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"Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)".

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"Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)".

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"History & Culture - Springfield Armory National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)".

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"Staple Bend Tunnel - Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)".

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"History & Culture - Steamtown National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)".

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Site Name	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

Site Name	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]

Site Name	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]

Site Name	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]

Site Name	Location	Country	Added
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

List_of_industrial_heritage_sites

List of industrial heritage sites

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

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

National Historic Sites of Canada

National Historic Sites and National Historical Parks (USA)

National Historic Landmarks (USA)

See also

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