List of industrial archaeology topics explained

This is a list of topics typically studied by students of industrial archaeology.

It is grouped into industry sectors: Extractive, Manufacturing, Public Utilities, Transport, Miscellaneous.

Extractive

Mining

• Adit
• Air vent
• Mine, Copper mine, Coal mine, Gold mine, Tin mine, Zinc mine
• Shaft mining

Quarrying

• Clayworks
• Sand pits
• Gravel pit
• Powder house

Manufacturing

• Beam engine
• Brewery
• Brewing
• Brick kiln
• Cement works
• Creamery
• Dairy
• Distillery
• Distilling
• Factory
• Forge
• glass
• Granary
• Hopper
• Kiln
• Pottery
• Silk Industry
• Spinning, Spinning jenny, Spinning mill, Spinning mule
• Stationary engine
• Steam engine
• Warehouse
• Weaving, Loom, Jacquard loom, Dobby loom, Shaft loom, Power loom, Flying shuttle
• Windpump

Mills

• Boring mill
• Cotton mill
• Five-sail windmill
• Flax mill
• Flint mill
• Fulling mill - see Fulling
• Gristmill
• Hand mill
• Iron mill
• Lumber mill
• Millrace
• Mill engine
• Mill stone
• Oil mill
• Post mill
• Rolling mill
• Saw mill
• Smock mill
• Spinning mill
• Steel rolling mill
• Tailrace
• Textile mill
• Tide mill
• Tower mill
• Watermill
• Waterwheel
• Windmill
• Woollen mill

Public Utilities

Electricity

• Power station
• Turbine

Gas

• Gasometer
• Retort house

Water

• Dam
• Pumping station
• Reservoir
• Sewage treatment
• Water treatment
• Water tower

Steam

• District heating

Hydraulic power

• Hydraulic power network

Transport

Canals

• Aqueduct
• Canal basin
• Boat lift
• Bridge
• Canal lock
• Culvert
• Flash lock
• Flights of locks
• Inclined plane
• Spillover

Railways

• Air vent
• Ballast pit
• Bridge
• Buffer stops
• Carriage Shed
• Catch point
• Cattle Pens
• Crane
• Crossover
• Culvert
• Cutting
• Embankment
• Footbridge
• Gantry crane (Portainer)
• Goods area
• Goods store
• Ground frame
• Horse tram
• Inclined plane
• Junction (rail)
• Loading bank
• Locomotive shed
• Level crossing
• Milepost
• Platform
• Ropeway
• Signal box (Signal cabin)
• Station
• Station building
• Station house
• Subway
• Track
• Trackbed
• Tram
• Tunnel
• Turnout
• Turntable
• Underpass
• Viaduct
• Waiting room
• Water column
• Water tank
• Water tower

Marine

• Causeway
• Dry dock
• Dock
• Harbour
• Lighthouse
• Pier
• Pump house
• Quay
• Slipway
• Weir

Road

• Bridge
• Unused highway
• Toll road

Miscellaneous

• Chimney
• Hydraulic pump
• Market house
• Weighbridge

See also

• List of conservation topics
• Conservation in the United Kingdom
• History of science and technology
• Association for Industrial Archaeology
• Society for Industrial Archeology