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Bata shoe factory (East Tilbury) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Bata shoe factory (East Tilbury)
The Bata shoe factory in East Tilbury is what remains of an industrial estate in Essex which produced shoes for over 70 years. Founded in 1932 by Tomáš Baťa, the factory was "one of the most important planned landscapes in the East of England" in the 20th Century.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bata Factory and Estate )〕 The factory closed in 2005. ==Background== Bata Shoes was founded in 1894 by Tomáš Baťa in Zlín (then Austro-Hungarian Empire, today the Czech Republic). After the plea of a Tilbury clergyman to alleviate unemployment during the Great Depression〔 and in part to overcome customs tariffs on foreign products,〔 construction began in 1932 on the Bata shoe factory in East Tilbury. For the remaining years of the 20th century, the factory was an economic force in the Tilbury area and provided a unique model of a Company town in Britain complete with worker housing, schools and entertainment.
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