It aims to explore the dual function of industrial heritage as a container of urban memory and cultural carrier, study the new possibilities of urban cultural inheritance and innovation. Through an in-depth analysis of the concept of industrial heritage and its cultural-related characteristics, it studies the impact of industrial heritage on the development potential of city memory and culture. We conclude that slip cue validity will also be affected by two aspects of group identification habits and external disturbance degree. As the technical base of modern urban development, the heritage of the industry is in fact bearing the memory of the city since the industrial era, which has important theoretical significance for recognizing the industrial heritage from a new level. How to understand the relationship between the treatment of industrial heritage and urban construction has a new inspiration for the construction of the future urban culture.