industrial archaeology

noun

1. the study of past industrial machines, works, etc

Other Word Forms

• industrial archaeologist noun

Example Sentences

“Particularly downtown, these are the kinds of projects that designers live for. … You’ve got a whole series of obstacles between the river and the rail yards. You’ve got that great tension between the natural environment and industrial archaeology, as I like to call it, and urban living.”

From Washington Times

“New York’s brewing history is a rich and important layer of our industrial archaeology and history,” said Steve Hindy, a co-founder of the Brooklyn Brewery in Williamsburg.

From New York Times

Centrale Montemartini is a museum of industrial archaeology in itself.

From New York Times

I found those places fascinating because I'm very interested in industrial archaeology.

From The Guardian