Now the trip is coming closer, I am checking out the sites and beginning to prepare the booklet. Heritage of Industry has been organising the Association's spring visit to Europe for some years now. Check out links to both Heritage and the AIA at the side of the page.
We are having a two centre trip starting and finishing in Riga with a trip to Liepaja via Jelgava.
We are having a two centre trip starting and finishing in Riga with a trip to Liepaja via Jelgava.
One of the highlights for me will be a chance to see the Central markets in Riga which are made from 5 redundant World War 1 Zeppelin hangars. I have wanted to see them for over 10 years now.
We plan also to visit one of the two national railway museum sites in a newly refurbished depot in the city. One of the highlights will be the waterworks close to Riga, with early 20th century machinery and compound steam engines made in Riga by Felzer & Co are among those preserved here 
Also close to Riga is the renowned Ethnographic Museum, established in 1924 with 121 vernacular buildings and their contents from all over the country which show various industrial buildings including wind and saw mills as well as typical wooden buildings.
Our second centre is Liepaja, the ice-free port on the Amber Coast, with shipyards founded by Imperial Russia and Cold War remains. We will visit Karosta, the decaying naval port as well as the city centre with characteristic wooden buildings from the 19th century and more art nouveau. In Liepaja, we will also see an 1890s DC power station with period equipment.
On our return trip to Riga we hope to visit the Jelgava water pumping station and its associated water tower. The complex was erected in 1912 but the Worthington pumping engines date from a 1930s refurbishment.
Also close to Riga is the renowned Ethnographic Museum, established in 1924 with 121 vernacular buildings and their contents from all over the country which show various industrial buildings including wind and saw mills as well as typical wooden buildings.Our second centre is Liepaja, the ice-free port on the Amber Coast, with shipyards founded by Imperial Russia and Cold War remains. We will visit Karosta, the decaying naval port as well as the city centre with characteristic wooden buildings from the 19th century and more art nouveau. In Liepaja, we will also see an 1890s DC power station with period equipment.
On our return trip to Riga we hope to visit the Jelgava water pumping station and its associated water tower. The complex was erected in 1912 but the Worthington pumping engines date from a 1930s refurbishment.
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