Company town

Connected Sites: 14

A company town is a town or city in which much or all real estate, buildings (both residential and commercial), utilities, hospitals, small businesses such as grocery stores and gas stations, and other necessities or luxuries of life within its borders are owned by a single company.

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Connected Sites

Sewell Mining Town
Inscribed: 2006
2.85
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8
"Developed By The Braden Copper Company In The Early 20th Century, To House Workers Throughout The Year For What Was The World’S Largest Underground Copper Mine, El Teniente" (Ab Ev)
Crespi d'Adda
Inscribed: 1995
2.38
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7
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
Inscribed: 2005
3.20
49
7
"The Majority Of Workers Had No Possessions Whatsoever: Their Tools, Furniture, Clothes And Houses Were All Provided By The Company. Payment Was Often In Tokens That Could Only Be Exchanged In The General Store." (Ab Ev)
Saltaire
Saltaire
United Kingdom
Inscribed: 2001
2.28
178
13
New Lanark
New Lanark
United Kingdom
Inscribed: 2001
2.69
182
11
Derwent Valley Mills
Derwent Valley Mills
United Kingdom
Inscribed: 2001
2.39
159
12
Mining Sites of Wallonia
Inscribed: 2012
2.27
200
7
Workers City Grand Hornu, Bois Du Luc
Engelsberg Ironworks
Inscribed: 1993
2.41
109
11
Angelsberg, Sweden
Fray Bentos
Inscribed: 2015
2.72
43
5
Barrio Anglo
Røros
Røros
Norway
Inscribed: 1980
3.02
106
5
Røros Was A ‘Company Town’ And The Copper Works Were Responsible For Work, Transport, And Food Supplies, Schools, And A Few Social Services. (Ab Ev Extension)
Ivrea
Ivrea
Italy
Inscribed: 2018
2.05
109
6
Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto
Inscribed: 2019
2.85
13
4
Colonies of Benevolence
Colonies of Benevolence
Belgium, Netherlands
Inscribed: 2021
2.15
151
7
The Society Of Benevolence Owned The Grounds Of The Colonies And All The Facilities On The Territory, Ranging From Farms, Workshops, Staff Houses And Institutions To Religious Buildings, Homes For The Elderly, Schools, Cemeteries And Hospitals. "The Society Provided The Families In Their Colonists' Homes With Household Goods Including Sheets, Distinctive Colony Clothing, Furniture And Food. (...) Extra Food Could Be Bought In The Colony Store With Special Colony Money. (Nomination File, P. 95)
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
Inscribed: 2012
2.08
171
9
Cité Des Électriciens
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