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Team Valley is a traditionally heavily industrial area of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. More recently it has become home to the 'Retail World' retail park, which makes up just a small percentage of the entirety of the Team Valley Trading Estate. Many large international companies are based in the area's trading estate and it is rapidly developing as a business park rather than the heavily industrialised area it used to be. There are currently approximately 700 companies on the estate, and each day approximately 20,000 people travel to Team Valley.〔(History of Team Valley )〕 ==History== In the 1930s the Government decided to spend nearly £2m on this part of Gateshead establishing the Team Valley Trading Estate as a well-planned industrial environment. The architect in charge was William Holford with Hugh Beaver as chief engineer.〔Mervyn Miller, (William Graham, Baron Holford (1907-1975)'' ), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press 2004; accessed 20 Jan 2012〕 It included a central headquarters, now used by English Partnerships, a bank, a post office and, some modestly scaled industrial buildings as well as some smaller industrial units for start-up ventures.〔 These facilities were laid out along a wide central artery, known as 'Kingsway', almost two miles long. Work on the estate began in May 1936 and the first factory opened in October that year. The construction, which was undertaken by Wimpey Construction, took several years and was completed in 1938.〔White, p. 14〕 Many of the older residents of Gateshead were involved in the building of the original team valley. The estate was officially opened by King George VI on 22 February 1939.〔 The southern end used to be the location of the National Coal Board's regional headquarters〔(London Gazette )〕 but after the closure of the mines in the area this was replaced by a Safeway supermarket which is now owned by Sainsbury's.〔(Usdaw statement on Sainsburys acquiring 13 Safeway stores and one Morrisons ) USDAW, 14 May 2004〕 The River Team runs directly through the centre of the trading estate, hidden in a culvert.〔(River Team Corridor )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Team Valley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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