Basel_Mission_tile_factory

Basel Mission tile factory

Basel Mission tile factory

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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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  1. [1]
    "The Basel Mission and its Terracotta Products in Karnataka".
  2. [2]
    Giriappa 1994, p. 61
  3. [3]
    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.
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