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People and institutions that are part of the basically humanist "world of culture" are in charge of the preservation of our societies' goods. In determining if an object or building has to be part of the cultural heritage, the emphasis is put on what is considered a "master piece" and a "historical good", rather than in determining its real significance. What the society understands as "heritage" takes the heavy weight of a conception centered in these two values. I have neither been against the art nor what was made for many years. But I consider that the production of the last two hundred years, including the last decades, should not be excluded automatically from possible heritage consideration, although it does not have an artistic value or an excessive historical importance. The industrial heritage, in opposition to the artistic one, does not have too many singular elements. Industrialization is homogenization of life and work forms which have been translated into an homogenization of the tools, utensils and the construction. The industrial heritage's preservation has the purpose of reinforcing the collective memory of history and being an element to get to know better the daily life and the world of work in a different way that the one of the written testimonies. (Cuad CLAEH/GIGA)