EERIAC 2026
East of England Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference Bury St Edmunds Full details to follow
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Cambridge IAG – Watermills and Landscapes of the Great Ouse
A talk by local Huntingdonshire historian Bridget Flanagan, and Keith Grimwade. They will describe how the local Geology affected the location and operation of the Watermills. Incidentally one Mill is…
GLIAS – Short-cuts from the Thames to the Channel
Why South London’s canals failed Speaker: Alan Burkitt-Gray
GLIAS – AGM + Broadcast Britain
Speaker: Dr Mark Pegg. NOTE: This, unusually, is on a Thursday, starting at 6.15pm for AGM, 6.30pm lecture
Somerset IAS – Shrewsbury Flaxmill/Maltings – the first iron framed building in the world (Online)
Dr Barrie Trinder explains why the main mill at Shrewsbury Flaxmill/Maltings is a landmark in the history of construction. It is the first building in the world to have a…
Somerset IAS – Coal Bunkering and Coal Lumpers of Dartmouth (Online)
Dartmouth, Devon, was a significant coal bunkering port for steamships from the late 19th century, employing large numbers of tough, competitive workers called coal lumpers who manually loaded coal from barges/hulks into ships’ bunkers,…
Somerset IAS – The Future History of Coal Mining – How will England choose to remember? (Online)
Dr John Tanner asks how England will choose to remember its coal mining heritage. Once the demand for domestic coal started to fall in the 1950s the number of pits…