By John Garner
Outfitted via industrialists whose early companies contributed to the escalation of the commercial Revolution, corporation cities flourished in international locations that embraced capitalism and open-market buying and selling. normally, the corporate city got here to represent the wrecking of our surroundings, specially in locations linked to extractive industries similar to mining and lumber milling. a few resident industrialists, notwithstanding, took a real curiosity within the welfare in their paintings forces, and in a few situations employed architects to supply a version atmosphere. Overtaken by means of time, those cities have been both deserted or stuck up in suburban progress. the main thorough-going and in basic terms overseas review of the corporate city, this number of essays through experts and experts of every quarter deals a balanced account of architectural and social background and offers a greater realizing of the architectural and concrete reports of the early business age.
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18 One o f th e mos t strikin g aspects o f th e ne w industria l landscap e wa s th e prox- Figure 1. 6 Cyfarthf a Ironworks , "shingling, " a proces s o f extractin g sla g fro m iro n prio r to rolling . (Watercolo r b y Juliu s Caesar Ibbetson , 1795 . Cyfarthf a Castl e Museum , Mer thyr Tydfil , Wales. ) 28 COMPAN Y TOWN S I N EUROP E AN D SCANDINAVIA Figure 1. 7 Dowlai s Ironworks , Dowlais , Wales . (Watercolo r b y Georg e Childs , 1840 . Welsh Industria l an d Maritim e Museum. ) imity o f work s t o houses .