Industrial district

Industrial district is a term used to describe an area where workers of a monolithic heavy industry (ship-building, coal mining, steel-working, ceramics, etc) live within walking-distance of their places of work.

Related Topics:
Heavy industry - Ship-building - Coal mining - Steel-working - Ceramics

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In England, such areas were usually characterized by block streets of Victorian terraced housing, often with the giant industrial structures looming over the houses. Very few working industrial districts are now left. In England they survive only in places like Stoke-on-Trent and a few mining towns where the pits have escaped the closures of the 1980s. Many such districts were notable for having a strong children's street culture.

Related Topics:
England - Terraced housing - Stoke-on-Trent - Children's street culture

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