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and other Czech architects, the estate's buildings were constructed of welded steel columns, roof trusses and reinforced concrete walls - very different in style from the typical red-bricked and sloped-roofed terraces of London suburbs. All the social needs of the workforce were met by the factory.
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students about the lives of people who lived and worked in the town surrounding the factory. The play was performed in and around East
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app known as
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The Bata
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883:Bata family
300:Bata Record
244:Highpoint I
1394:Categories
1110:Corringham
932:Bataguassu
906:Sonja Bata
890:Tomáš Baťa
637:15 January
407:Tomáš Baťa
402:Bata Shoes
373:journalist
261:Jan Kotěra
242:, such as
197:Tomáš Baťa
193:Bata Shoes
188:Background
182:Tomáš Baťa
1221:Globe Pit
1027:4318 Baťa
942:Batanagar
937:Batayporã
892:(founder)
377:John Tusa
132:Modernist
108:Architect
100:Employees
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84:Industry
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350:iPhone
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1125:Grays
690:(PDF)
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178:Essex
129:Style
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56:Built
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698:2011
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