List of industrial archaeology topics

This is a list of topics typically studied by students of industrial archaeology.

It is grouped into industry sectors: Extractive, Manufacturing, Public Utilities, Transport, Miscellaneous.

Mining

 * Adit
 * Air vent
 * Mine, Copper mine, Coal mine, Gold mine, Tin mine, Zinc mine
 * Shaft mining

Quarrying

 * Clayworks
 * Sand pits
 * Gravel pit
 * Powder house

Manufacturing

 * Beam engine
 * Brewery
 * Brewing
 * Brick kiln
 * Cement works
 * Creamery
 * Dairy
 * Distillery
 * Distilling
 * Factory
 * Forge
 * glass
 * Granary
 * Hopper
 * Kiln
 * Pottery
 * Silk Industry
 * Spinning, Spinning jenny, Spinning mill, Spinning mule
 * Stationary engine
 * Steam engine
 * Warehouse
 * Weaving, Loom, Jacquard loom, Dobby loom, Shaft loom, Power loom, Flying shuttle
 * Windpump

Mills

 * Boring mill
 * Cotton mill
 * Five-sail windmill
 * Flax mill
 * Flint mill
 * Fulling mill - see Fulling
 * Gristmill
 * Hand mill
 * Iron mill
 * Lumber mill
 * Millrace
 * Mill engine
 * Mill stone
 * Oil mill
 * Post mill
 * Rolling mill
 * Saw mill
 * Smock mill
 * Spinning mill
 * Steel rolling mill
 * Tailrace
 * Textile mill
 * Tide mill
 * Tower mill
 * Watermill
 * Waterwheel
 * Windmill
 * Woollen mill

Electricity

 * Power station
 * Turbine

Gas

 * Gasometer
 * Retort house

Water

 * Dam
 * Pumping station
 * Reservoir
 * Sewage treatment
 * Water treatment
 * Water tower

Steam

 * District heating

Hydraulic power

 * Hydraulic power network

Canals

 * Aqueduct
 * Canal basin
 * Boat lift
 * Bridge
 * Canal lock
 * Culvert
 * Flash lock
 * Flights of locks
 * Inclined plane
 * Spillover

Railways

 * Air vent
 * Ballast pit
 * Bridge
 * Buffer stops
 * Carriage Shed
 * Catch point
 * Cattle Pens
 * Crane
 * Crossover
 * Culvert
 * Cutting
 * Embankment
 * Footbridge
 * Gantry crane (Portainer)
 * Goods area
 * Goods store
 * Ground frame
 * Horse tram
 * Inclined plane
 * Junction (rail)
 * Loading bank
 * Locomotive shed
 * Level crossing
 * Milepost
 * Platform
 * Ropeway
 * Signal box (Signal cabin)
 * Station
 * Station building
 * Station house
 * Subway
 * Track
 * Trackbed
 * Tram
 * Tunnel
 * Turnout
 * Turntable
 * Underpass
 * Viaduct
 * Waiting room
 * Water column
 * Water tank
 * Water tower

Marine

 * Causeway
 * Dry dock
 * Dock
 * Harbour
 * Lighthouse
 * Pier
 * Pump house
 * Quay
 * Slipway
 * Weir

Road

 * Bridge
 * Unused highway
 * Toll road

Miscellaneous

 * Chimney
 * Hydraulic pump
 * Market house
 * Weighbridge