B ulletin NUMBER 90 · 4th Quarter 2020
CONTENTS REPORT • DEIN D UST R I A LI Z AT IO N A N D T H E P O L IT IC S OF OUR T I M E PA RT 2: S t e f a n B e r g e r a n d Steve n High
WORLDWIDE • THE ‘W HY ’ OF R AI LWAY IN D U ST R IA L HERITAGE : Vinit a S r i va s t a va • RES U R R E CT I NG A CO LO R A D O R A IL ROA D TOWN: Z . P. L io llio • RECO NST RUCT I ON O F T H E SIM A N OV FLOUR M I LL: N adez h d a S ol on i n a a n d O l g a Shipitsyna • PRES E RV I NG F LOR IDA’ S IN D U ST R IA L PA ST : Ma ria h J us t ice • THE U NI ON CHA I N B R ID G E AT 200: M a t t h e w Storey
Industry been and gone: a conserved chimney in a Shanghai park. Stefan Berger and Steven High analyse how different nations reacted to deindustrialisation (page 3 ), and Massimo Preite reviews a study of how in China industrialisation overlaps with deindustrialisation, and what it means for industrial heritage. Photo: Canadian Society of Landscape Architects
• HISTO R I C CANA L R ESTO R AT IO N S: K rs ta Paš ko vić and Da v i d E d wa rd s - M a y • THE R E T UR N OF T H E P U T T IN G O U T SYSTEM : J am es D o u e t
WHY JOIN TICCIH?
INDUSTRIAL MUSEUMS
Mirhan Damir
• COLL E CT I NG BI G ST U FF: O IL A N D G A S AT N AT I ONA L MUSEU M S SCOT L A N D : E l l i e Swinbank
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TICCIH NEWS • LESS THAN A YEAR TILL MONTREAL 2021: Miles Oglethorpe , TICCIH President • OUR GLOB AL NETWORKING AND MEMBERSHIP C AMPAIGN: Marion Steiner, TICCI H Secretary General CONFERENCE REPORTS • IN DUST RI AL HE RI TAG E IN T H E COV ID 19 AF TER MAT H: Franc e s c o A n t on i ol • V RAILWAY HI STO RY A N D H ER ITAG E IN TER NAT I ONA L CO N G R ESS • IN DIA -TAI WAN F O RU M O N R A ILWAY CULTURA L HE R I TAG E: M ou l s h r i J os h i
BOOK REVIEW • INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE IN SHANGHAI, REUSE AND CONTEXT, Edoardo Currà: Massimo Preite EVENTS
As an Egyptian, I was raised to acknowledge the collective and pluralistic Egyptian history that combined ancient Egyptian, Greco-Roman, Coptic, Islamic, and Jewish inheritances. As of Egypt’s modern history, which started during the early 19th century, it too became recently (early 2000s) part of Egypt’s heritage. The first time I heard about TICCIH, as well as about the field of industrial heritage, was in 2012. It was also at that time that I first became aware of Egypt’s prominent role in the global industrial history. In Egypt, however, industrial heritage still has a long way to go to be acknowledged fully by its society and authorities on both local and national levels. Until now, industrial structures are one of the first physical victims to face demolition towards state-inspired investment projects and town planning schemes. While regarded as redundant, these are often replaced with high rise residential blocks. It was then that I remembered Rossi’s well-known quote: ‘Industry, the source of every evil and every good, becomes the true protagonist in the transformation of the city.’ Legacies of the industrial history played a role in shaping many Egyptian towns, along with contributing to its global status in modern history. Now, these industries are becoming the true victims in the transformation of multiple Egyptian cities. What can be done to uncover the good of these unrecognized protagonists in that regard? Since 2012, I observed the growing interest of Egyptian scholars towards the field of industrial heritage. It is recognizable that many younger and even older academics and researcher are shifting their interest towards documenting,