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Documenting
Industrial Activities
Documenting Industrial
Activities
To place industrial structures and sites into
historical context, industrial archeologists investigate and
document the activities associated with them. All aspects of the
site are studied, including machinery and equipment, working
conditions, technological processes, raw materials, and manufactured
products. Measured drawings, photographs, and field notes record the
surviving evidence of past industrial activity.
Contemporary industrial activities--particularly those of a
historic nature--are also of interest to industrial archeologists.
Similar recording methods are used, along with employee interviews
and documentary film work. In addition, endangered artifacts and
documents are selected for inclusion in museum collections.
What is the Society
for Industrial Archeology?
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