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This
year Heritage of Industry celebrates 21 years organising trips for people
keen to explore the worlds of Industrial Archaeology and the History of
Engineering.
That’s
a lot of trips! And with that much experience behind us you can rely on us to
go on providing our unique style of tours, suited to your interests, this
year and in the years to come.
And with
the year just about half gone we thought you might want to be kept up to date
with what’s been happening so far, remind you that it’s not too late to book
for events this year and a few words about what we’ve got planned for the
future.
 The
first outing this year was in March when we were in the Black Country for one
of the City Safari+ walking tours. Sue Hayton led us on a very full itinerary
discovering Municipal Architecture and the specialisms of different centres
including former Lock making, Leather and Lorinery industries in
Wolverhampton, Walsall, Willenhall, Wednesbury and West Bromwich (enough alliteration!). We also saw the rare, possibly unique, Chillington
Basin for the interchange of of canal and railway goods with the original
canopy.
 May
saw us embarking for France for the AIA Spring tour based in Rouen. We had a
specially organised tour of the modern
‘Port autonome de Rouen’ and a ride out to see Locke’s famous Barentin
Viaduct (famous for falling down if nothing else). Some members of the tour
were able to visit the Rouen Waterworks and see two Windsor et fils compound beam
engine engines of 1881. Also we
visited a corderie where we had explained to us the old industry of cord
making using some 19th machines driven by water power. (But best
to say nothing of the oldest industry in the world being carried on in the
car park next to the hotel!)
 We still
have a few places left on the City Safari+ walking tour on 20th August
when we're going to Dundee and Perth with Sue Hayton looking at the town
where the sailcloth of Nelson's navy was made and the fine buildings financed
by the jute barons and then to Perth where John Smeaton's bridges crossed the
Tay and we can take a look at the former dye works of Pullers of Perth. From just £262pp plus travel. Click
here to go to the City Safaris page for full
details and an application form.
 Also
still open for booking, is the September City Safari when we're off for 3 nights
in Nuremberg, from the 23rd, exploring its distinguished
industrial past with Sue Constable. Sue will guide us to some of the
surviving industrial sites like the railway works partly occupied by the Siemens
factory, Faber Castel at Stein and Grundig at Furth. A meal at the local Hausbrauerei
is included! Prices from £348pp plus
travel. Click
here to go to the City Safaris page for an
application form.
 On
October 16th we’re off to Alexandria, Ismailia and Cairo for a
week on what promises to be one of our most fascinating trips yet. We will
see the new Alexandria library and hear from the engineers about its unique
structure. We will also see the tram
workshops and the Western Harbour. In Ismailia we will visit De Lesseps house
and hear from an engineer about the special challenges relating to the
excavation of the canal. In Cairo we
will see the National Railways Engineering base and the Railway museum. From £890pp plus travel Click
here to download the full itinerary and application form
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And there’s more in 2011
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You
won’t be surprised to hear that we are already looking forward to next year
when there will be exciting developments, more City Safaris and at least two
bigger trips.
In
early summer we are planning to go to Sweden exploring the Stockholm / Gavle / Falun /
Eskiltuna quadrilateral and the ‘Iron Route’. This is for members of the
Association for Industrial Archaeology and their guests but others will be
welcome.
And,
after the success of the trips to Australia in 2007 and New Zealand in 2009, we
plan to run a pre-conference tour to coincide with the Engineering
Heritage Conference in November in Hobart, Tasmania.
We
will let you have more information about these trips as soon as we can.
For
more details on any of the above please email : info@heritageofindustry.co.uk
Or
visit the website http://www.heritageofindustry.co.uk
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