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This Handbook provides an informative and accessible guide to the industrial remains of the UK. It is essential reading for anyone with an interest in our industrial heritage, giving concise summaries of the history of different industries, together with descriptions of the structures and below-ground remains likely to be encountered. The book also considers the power which drove these industries, the transport network which delivered the products and the houses in which the workforce lived. It further reviews the legislation protecting industrial sites and the problems and potential of their adaptive re-use.

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9781902771922

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Industrial Archaeology: A Handbook is arguably the best introductory account to the discipline and will remain so for some time. It deserves to be widely read by amateur and professional alike... --Colin Rynne IA: The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archaeology (01/01/0001)

Industrial Archaeology: A Handbook is arguably the best introductory account to the discipline and will remain so for some time. It deserves to be widely read by amateur and professional alike... -- Colin Rynne IA: The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archaeology Vol 36, No. 2 (2010)

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Emeritus Professor Marilyn Palmer was the first professor of industrial archaeology in the UK. She has published widely on a variety of aspects of industrial archaeology. Mike Nevell is director of the Centre for Applied Archaeology at Salford University. He has excavated numerous industrial sites in North-west England and is an expert on the industrial remains of the region. Mark Sissons worked in the textile industry for many years and has a particular interest in the history and archaeology of mills and associated industries.

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