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Civil engineering heritage: country profile – Belgium

This paper is a review of the civil engineering heritage of Belgium, one of the series of country profiles being published by Engineering History and Heritage. It is presented under four headings: ‘Belgium’s major civil engineering achievements’, ‘National and regional recognition of engineering heritage’, ‘Exemplar conservation of engineering structures’ and ‘Information sources for engineering heritage’. This profile discusses engineering structures of heritage importance, including the following, all built before 1945: several canals (in chronological order: from Brussels to the Rupel; from Pommerœl to Antoing; from Charleroi to Brussels; the Centre canal, with its four hydraulic boat lifts; the Albert canal, from Liège to Antwerp, with its Vierendeel all welded bridges); the Palace of Justice in Brussels; the Gileppe dam; the forts of Meuse River; the Mativa footbridge in Liège; the hall of exhibitions Palais 5 in Brussels; and the first prestressed concrete railway bridge project in the world. The profile lists organisations in Belgium active in helping conserve its engineering heritage, including the Flemish Association for Industrial Archaeology, Museum of Industry, Work and Textiles, Patrimoine Industriel Wallonie-Bruxelles and BruxellesFabriques/BrusselFabriek, and concludes with a short list of sources of information allowing the reader to find further information about Belgium’s civil engineering heritage.

THE ROLT MEMORIAL LECTURE 2013: THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE — TAKING A POSITIVE VIEW

This paper contains a summary of the 2013 Rolt Memorial Lecture, delivered to the annual conference of the Association for Industrial Archaeology in Dundee on 11 August 2013. The lecture commenced by observing the extent to which Industrial Heritage has progressed in recent decades, noting that it is now embedded in many national institutions in the UK, and has been ‘mainstreamed’ into heritage more generally. However, it now faces several serious challenges, not least the diminishing number and increasing age of activists, together with cuts to the State sector. It is argued, nevertheless, that industrial heritage has more to offer now than ever before and that more effective political engagement is required to ensure that this is understood by those with power and influence over the historic environment. To illustrate this point, current work on the Industrial Heritage Strategy for Scotland is discussed, together with the potential impact of the UK’s latest industrial World Heritage nomination, the Forth Bridge.

Remembering Rolt: A Symposium in Honour of the 100th Anniversary of L.T.C. Rolt's Birth — A Pioneer of Industrial Archaeology

The year 2010 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of L.T.C. 'Tom' Rolt, pioneer of industrial archaeology and transport conservation during the mid-20th century, and a co-founder of the Association for Industrial Archaeology. This seemed a fitting point at which to pause in the Association's Rolt Memorial Lecture series, established in his honour in 1975, in order to spend some time looking back on the infl uence and personal legacy of Tom Rolt. This paper combines six personal reminiscences of some of his surviving contemporaries, placing Rolt's pioneering work in industrial and transport conservation in a more human context.

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