Industrial Britain

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Association for Industrial Archaeology
www.industrial-archaeology.org.uk
c/o Isabel Wilson, Liaison Officer
AIA, School of Archaeological Studies
Leicester University
Leicester LE1 7RH
Tel: 0116 252 5337
E-mail: AIA@le.ac.uk
The AIA is the national organisation for people who share an interest in Britain's industrial past. It brings together people who are researching, recording, preserving and presenting the great variety of this country's industrial heritage. Industrial architecture, mineral extraction, heritage-based tourism, power technology, adaptive re-use of industrial buildings and transport history are just some of the themes being investigated by members. Every year the Association monitors over 200 applications to alter or demolish industrial sites and buildings. It works with other amenity groups to protect Britain's heritage and represent Britain on the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage.

Society for Industrial Archeology
www.ss.mtu.edu/IA/sia.html
Department of Social Sciences
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton
MI 49931-1295
USA
E-mail: sia@mtu.edu
US equivalent of the British Association for Industrial Archaeology.

Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society
www.glias.org.uk
The Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society (GLIAS) was founded in 1968 to record relics of London's industrial history and to deposit these records with national and local museums, archives and so on; and also to advise local authorities and others on the restoration and preservation of historic industrial buildings and machinery. Its website includes details of its extensive programme of walks and lectures; copies of its bi-monthly newsletter; and information about its award-winning database with images, articles, glossary entries, biographies and company histories.

I A Recordings
www.iarecordings.org
Founded in 1982, I A Recordings is dedicated to recording past and present industry on film and video. As well as detailing its extensive list of videos, it has a special features section covering topics such as the Shropshire Union Canal, Forest of Dean stone firms, Donisthorpe colliery, the John Bradley rolling mill and others. It also has more than 500 links to other industrial archaeology websites, organised by categories such as iron and steel, road and rail, textiles, museums, mills, mining and so on.

Ironbridge Gorge Museums
www.ironbridge.org.uk
The website of the ten museums in the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, this is as good a starting point as any to get a feel for what industrial archaeology is about. The website includes teaching resources and a range of other background information.

Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia: Industrial archaeology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_archaeology
Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, contains several dozen articles on industrial archaeology, on subjects ranging from aqueducts to woollen mills.

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