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 unnamed 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]

Citations

↑ "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.
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- Babu, Savitha Suresh (17 February 2007). "Tiles for style". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 10 January 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.

References

Giriappa, S. (1994). Rural Industrialisation in Backward Areas. Daya books. ISBN 81-7035-125-1 . Retrieved 31 January 2009.

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[1] "The Basel Mission and its Terracotta Products in Karnataka".

[2] Giriappa 1994 , p. 61

[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.

[4] 
Babu, Savitha Suresh (17 February 2007). "Tiles for style". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 10 January 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.

[mwRg] 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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