Industrial archaeology is a much better known branch of archaeology, which however focuses on the industrial age and therefore on the last three hundred years. Consequently, it studies the industrialization process, its origins, the places and technologies of the production processes and the archaeological traces that these generate.
It is a very suggestive subject that analyzes a period that starts from the second half of the eighteenth century and reaches the present day. It can, in some cases, also focus on some particular industrial forms that developed before the industrial revolution. It is also a subject that obviously makes use of other complementary disciplines for in-depth studies such as architecture, engineering and technology.
Industrial archaeology in Italy
The exciting thing is that there are many people, especially photographers, who love to visit these places to take memorable photos of abandoned places.
In our country there are many important sites for industrial archaeology:
The Sulcis coal basin , an extensive area located in the south-west of Sardinia, well known for its disused coal mines.
The former Italsider di Bagnoli in Naples, on the other hand, is located in the city and is a huge steel plant, born in the second half of the 19th century and arrived in the 1970s to be a truly huge site, employing more than seven thousand employees, until its progressive dismantling and decommissioning in 1992. The site, very extensive, is awaiting recovery and redevelopment.
Among the other sites scattered throughout Italy we can remember the Roman Gazometer, which was the largest gasometer in Europe, in the Ostiense area of Rome.
Again, Crespi d’Adda, a real workers’ village for the textile and cotton sector, conceived by Cristoforo Benigno Crespi at the end of the nineteenth century and then abandoned, until it became, however, a UNESCO World Heritage Site as it is perfectly preserved.
Finally, the Parco Dora, a post-industrial park born where until the 90s, in Turin, the large Fiat and Michelin plants were located.
The emptying of disused sites
When a company goes bankrupt or changes location, it is necessary to empty the abandoned sites, with the relative disposal of the industrial waste present.
Eurocorporation, with a team of specialists in the sector, deals with the complete management of waste present in abandoned or closed buildings due to bankruptcy or liquidation. This is a very delicate job because the team has to identify the waste present, prepare it for disposal and then logistical transport to the dedicated plants.
Eurocorporation is at your disposal for the clearance of warehouses, warehouses and offices.
