Steam technology
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Champagne | Eugène Mercier used a steam engine to light the cellars. (Nomination file, p. 216) | |
| Colonies of Benevolence | The colony of Frederiksoord has a former steam tram depot on the Koningin Wilhelminalaan. In the Veenhuizen component, the former cotton mill Het Stoom, dating from 1839, was the first steam-powered factory in the province of Drenthe. (Nomination file, p. 52, 67) | |
| Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape | innovative use of the high-pressure steam beam engine (OUV) | |
| Fray Bentos | "Power was provided in the Boiler Room by oil-fuelled, water-tube steam generators, four dating from 1906 and six from 1922." (AB ev) | |
| Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal | the power of steam in controlling the forces of nature (OUV) | |
| Mountain Railways of India | Nilgiri Mountain Railway | |
| Rideau Canal | one of the first canals to be designed specifically for steam-powered vessels (AB ev) | |
| Røros | The King’s Mine was the first copper mine to be equipped with a waterwheel and power transmission rods for mining operations; a steam engine was installed in 1841. (AB ev) | |
| Saltaire | Rapid development from the advent of steam power | |
| Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine | remains of a 19th century steam-powered water-pumping station | |
| The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales | Numerous - e.g "Iconic Cornish Beam engine of 1904-5 at Dorothea Slate Quarry" and "A classic steam powered aerial ropeway system know as a "Blondin" after the famous tightrope walker" (Nom File) | |
| Tomioka Silk Mill | "The technical annexes are functionally arranged around this building, notably the six steam generating boilers, five for boiling cocoons and one to provide the motive power." (AB ev) | |
| Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines | Steam lift |
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