This is a list of topics typically studied by students of industrial archaeology.
It is grouped into industry sectors: Extractive, Manufacturing, Public Utilities, Transport, Miscellaneous.
Extractive
Mining
Adit
Air vent
Mine, Copper mine, Coal mine, Gold mine, Tin mine, Zinc mine
Shaft mining
Quarrying
Clayworks
Sand pits
Gravel pit
Powder house
Manufacturing
Beam engine
Brewery
Brewing
Brick kiln
Cement works
Creamery
Dairy
Distillery
Distilling
Factory
Forge
glass
Granary
Hopper
Kiln
Pottery
Silk Industry
Spinning, Spinning jenny, Spinning mill, Spinning mule
Stationary engine
Steam engine
Warehouse
Weaving, Loom, Jacquard loom, Dobby loom, Shaft loom, Power loom, Flying shuttle
Windpump
Mills
Boring mill
Cotton mill
Five-sail windmill
Flax mill
Flint mill
Fulling mill - see Fulling
Gristmill
Hand mill
Iron mill
Lumber mill
Millrace
Mill engine
Mill stone
Oil mill
Post mill
Rolling mill
Saw mill
Smock mill
Spinning mill
Steel rolling mill
Tailrace
Textile mill
Tide mill
Tower mill
Watermill
Waterwheel
Windmill
Woollen mill
Public Utilities
Electricity
Power station
Turbine
Gas
Gasometer
Retort house
Water
Dam
Pumping station
Reservoir
Sewage treatment
Water treatment
Water tower
Steam
District heating
Hydraulic power
Hydraulic power network
Transport
Aviation
Canals
Aqueduct
Canal basin
Boat lift
Bridge
Canal lock
Culvert
Flash lock
Flights of locks
Inclined plane
Spillover
Railways
Air vent
Ballast pit
Bridge
Buffer stops
Carriage Shed
Catch point
Cattle Pens
Crane
Crossover
Culvert
Cutting
Embankment
Footbridge
Gantry crane (Portainer) Goods area Goods store Ground frame Horse tram Inclined plane Junction (rail) Loading bank Locomotive shed Level crossing Milepost Platform Ropeway Signal box (Signal cabin) Station Station building Station house Subway Track Trackbed Tram Tunnel Turnout Turntable Underpass Viaduct Waiting room Water column Water tank Water tower