The Rheinisches Industriemuseum (lit.

Rhineland The Rhineland (german: Rheinland; french: Rhénanie; nl, Rijnland; ksh, Rhingland; Latinised name: ''Rhenania'') is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly its middle section. Term Historically, the Rhinelands ...

Museum of the Industry) is a decentralized museum with six locations in

, western

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. The locations are: *

Oberhausen Oberhausen (, ) is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen ( ). The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Rout ...

: the main site at the old Zinkfabrik Altenberg (zinc factory), near the Oberhausen main station *

Ratingen Ratingen ( li, Rotinge) is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the northwestern part of Berg about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf. Administration With a communal reform of 1975 the independent mu ...

Textilfabrik Cromford The Textilfabrik Cromford in Ratingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany was built in 1783 by Johann Gottfried Brügelmann. It was the first cotton spinning mill on the European mainland. Today it is an industrial museum specialising in textile h ...

(textiles factory), the first factory in continental Europe, named after the

Cromford Mill Cromford Mill is the world's first water-powered cotton spinning mill, developed by Richard Arkwright in 1771 in Cromford, Derbyshire, England. The mill structure is classified as a Grade I listed building. It is now the centrepiece of the De ...

Solingen Solingen (; li, Solich) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located some 25 km east of Düsseldorf along the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr area, and, with a 2009 population of 161,366, ...

: Gesenkschmiede Hendrichs (forge) *

Bergisch Gladbach Bergisch Gladbach () is a city in the Cologne/Bonn Region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and capital of the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (district). Geography Bergisch Gladbach is located east of the river Rhine, approx. 10 kilometers east of ...

Papiermühle Alte Dombach Papiermühle (German for "paper mill") may refer to: * Papiermühle (Engelskirchen), a part of Engelskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany * Homburger Papiermühle, a part of Nümbrecht, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany *''Papiermühle'', the Ger ...

(paper mill) * Engelskirchen: Ermen & Engels cotton spinning mill *

Euskirchen Euskirchen (; Ripuarian: ''Öskerche'') is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the district Euskirchen. While Euskirchen resembles a modern shopping town, it also has a history dating back over 700 years, having been granted to ...

: Tuchfabrik Müller (textile factory) The owner of the museum is the Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR).

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Rheinisches Industriemuseum
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the Textilfabrik Cromford/Cromford Spinning Mill in Ratingen

Ermen & Engels (Engelskirchen) view in Google Earth
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