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The
Society
The
Manchester Region Industrial Archaeology Society was founded in 1964.
_Each year we have a programme of
lectures, excursions together with a heritage week-end. The Society is actively engaged
in group research and site surveys.
_We have been involved with steam pumping
engines, textile mills, water mills, glass works, metal-working and
other industrial sites.
_We promote the recording and study of
the industrial archaeology of England‘s Greater Manchester area.
Activities of the Society include monthly lectures on topics of industrial
archaeology and related interests, field visits, site surveys and various
social events. Members receive a quarterly newsletter that includes
news, reviews and articles of topical interest.
_Recent recording and archive projects
have included work at a water-powered saw mill, a forge, a canal warehouse,
a glass works and a variety of manufacturing sites, a colliery and an
early cotton mill site. |
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Industrial Archaeology became a separate field of study in the UK in
the 1940s and 1950s - historians, engineers and archaeologists were
concerned that key relics of Britain‘s heritage were disappearing.
By the 1970s interest in Industrial Archaeology had spread to continental
Europe and the United States.
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Britain
was the first industrial nation. For the last two centuries industry
has had a major influence on the society, environment and landscape
in which we live.
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