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
Marine Causeway Dry dock Dock Harbour Lighthouse Pier Pump house Quay Slipway Weir
Road Bridge Unused highway Toll road
Miscellaneous Chimney Hydraulic pump Market house Weighbridge
See also List of conservation topics Conservation in the United Kingdom History of science and technology Association for Industrial Archaeology Society for Industrial Archeology