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.
| Site Name | Image | 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 | Image | 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] |
Note: most sites listed below are also National Historic Landmarks.
| Site Name | Image | 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] |
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