Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,711 pages of information and 247,105 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Alte Elisabeth Mine (Germany)

From Graces Guide

Bergwerk Alte Elisabeth, in Freiberg, Sachsen (Saxony)

Photos of steam winding engine made by Constantin Pfaff in nearby Chemnitz in 1849here.

Photos of Schwarzenberggebläse blowing engine with extraordinary gothic framing here.

The mine dates from the 16thC and was latterly used as by the Mining Academy for training purposes.[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. [1] 'World Industrial Archaeology' by Kenneth Hudson, Cambridge University Press, 1979