Wales
In Pontypridd, in the heart of the Welsh coalfield, is Hetty Shaft, one of the three mining seats that was founded by the Great Western Colliery Company.
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Northern Ireland
For years, Catholics and Protestants faced each other with drawn swords in the Northern Irish city of Belfast.
Wales
The south Welsh Rhondda valley was one of the world's largest mining regions for almost a hundred years, but after the turbulent closures, only a handful of coal mines survived.
Northern Ireland
Ardglass in Northern Ireland has traditionally been an important fishing port. The catch of the day consists mainly of herring, shrimps and whitefish.
Wales
'Welsh Slate' dominated the north-west economy of Wales from 1850 onwards. Slate was exploited in dozens of quarries, such as in the smaller Rhos, on a flank of the Moel Siabod mountain in Snowdonia.
United Kingdom
Between 1916 and 1930, the British Army built concrete vertical saucers along England's southern and northeastern coasts to detect enemy aircraft and airships.
Wales
Thanks to the use of 18th-century cutting-edge technology - coal and steam - Blaenavon Ironworks in south Wales became the second largest iron producer in the world.
Wales
Judging from the crumbled remains of Clydach Ironworks, you wouldn't expect more than a thousand people to have been working here in 1840.
Wales
Thanks to Blaenavon Ironworks and the Big Pit coal mine, a Welsh, once modest village became one of the key players in the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century.
United Kingdom
The cradle of the industrial revolution is in Ironbridge, England. Reason enough to visit the village, which owes its name to the first cast iron bridge in the world, built in 1779 over the Severn River.
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