Industrial Ireland 1750-1930 : an archaeology /
By: Rynne, Colin [author.].
Publisher: Cork : The Collins Press, 2015Description: viii, 534 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps ; 24 cm.Content type: text | still image | cartographic image | text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781848892439; 9781848892439:; 1848892438.Subject(s): Industrial buildings -- Ireland -- History -- 18th century | Industrial buildings -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century | Industrial buildings -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century | Industrial archaeology -- Ireland | Ireland -- AntiquitiesDDC classification: 609.41509034Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 493-511) and index.
Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Animal, wind and water power -- Steam and internal combustion engines -- Fossil fuels -- Iron and steel --Non-ferrous metals and minerals -- Building materials (stone, lime, brick, cement), ceramics and glass -- Farming and fishing -- Textiles -- Food-processing industries -- Engineering industries and shipbuilding -- Chemical and miscellaneous industries (tanning and paper making) -- Roads and bridges -- Inland navigation: canals and rivers -- Railways -- Ports and harbours -- Utility industries : water, sanitation, gas and electricity -- Aspects of industrial settlement : housing, urban transport and telecommunications -- Epilogue.
This comprehensive survey of Ireland's industrial archaeology is divided into five main sections: industrial and motive power; extractive industries; manufacturing; transport and communications; and utility industries and industrial housing. Each section covers the major activities, its technology and important surviving sites.