The Common Wealth Trust Ltd or locally referred to as Basel Mission tile factory run by the German missionary Plebot (Georg Plebst in reality), with an un-named Indian master-potter,[1] was the first Mangalore tile manufacturing factory to be set up in India in 1860[2] on banks of the Nethravathi river near Morgan's Gate,[3] about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the Ullal bridge.[4]
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Citiations[edit]
- ^ "The Basel Mission and its Terracotta Products in Karnataka".
- ^ Giriappa 1994, p. 61
- ^ Belgaumkar, Govind D. (12 November 2007). "Tiles are strong, industry is brittle". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
- ^ *Babu, Savitha Suresh (17 February 2007). "Tiles for style". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 January 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
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References[edit]
- Giriappa, S. (1994). Rural Industrialisation in Backward Areas. Daya books. ISBN 81-7035-125-1. Retrieved 31 January 2009.