A site for the preservation and display of large technology and industrial heritage
Big Stuff 2015 Conference
Creator: Frida Pashako & Boriana Golgota Vrusho Date: 2015 Abstract: The history and evolution of the industrial heritage of Albania is strongly link with the historical, political and social events of the country. Since the second half of the 19th to the fall of the communist regime (1991) a lot of public investments in the … Read more
Creator: Heike Oevermann Date: 2015 Introduction: The management of industrial heritage sites requires rethinking in the context of urban change; the issue of how to balance protection, preservation/conservation, and development becomes all the more crucial as urban industrial heritage sites grow in number. This brings into play new challenges—not only through the known conflicts between … Read more
Creator: Shunsuke Nakayama Date: 2015 Introduction: With the inscription of the Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites on the World Heritage List in 2014 and that of the Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution in July 2015, the number of industrial heritage of Japan inscribed on the World Heritage List totals three –the two just … Read more
Creator: Diana McCormack & Marta Leskard Date: 2015 Abstract: On January 1st1926 the Very-Low-Frequency (16 kHz) transmitter came into service at Rugby Radio Station, Warwickshire, to transmit telegraph messages to the Commonwealth. The aerial tuning inductor from the transmitter installed at Rugby is now the centre piece of the Information Age gallery at the Science … Read more
Creator: Cristian Mazzon Date: 2015 Abstract: This paper presents a new approach for the evaluation of the preventive properties of outdoor protective coatings against corrosion as applied to industrial heritage. The approach relies on the combination of three different analytical techniques: Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), FT-IR Spectroscopy and Microscopy (both Scanning Electron-and Optical-Microscopy). This work … Read more
Creator: Paul Mardikian, Claudia Chemello & Jerrad Alexander Date: 2015 Abstract: In March 2013, 25,000 pounds (12.5 tons) of Apollo-era (1969-1972) Saturn V rocket engine parts were recovered off the coast of Florida after more than 40 years on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. The expedition was sponsored by Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and … Read more
Creator: Gerhard Lenz, Kornelius Goetz & Stefan Brüggerhoff Date: 2015 Reference: Gerhard Lenz, Kornelius Goetz & Stefan Brüggerhoff, ‘World Heritage Foundation Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System: Two examples of object evaluation and condition measurement using a Webapp in accordance with EU standard 16096’, Big Stuff 2015
Creator: Ruth Keller Date: 2015 Introduction: In the Tigray region of Ethiopia close to the town of Wukro important archaeological discoveries have been made. The establishment of a museum to present these findings war planed by the regional government and the Society for the Promotion of Museums in Ethiopia. A building with an electric generator … Read more
Creator: Bill Jordan Date: 2015 Introduction: Members of Engineering Heritage Newcastle, a group of the Institution of Engineers Australia,have been maintaining and demonstratingan1885 Craven Bros gantry crane,which is thought to be the only one still operating anywhere in the world in its original configuration. This paper sets out details of the crane and the trials … Read more
