Victoria Works, Birmingham facts for kids
The Victoria Works is a special old building in Birmingham, England. It's located in the Jewellery Quarter, an area famous for making beautiful jewelry. This building was finished in 1840 and was built for a man named Joseph Gillott. He made tiny metal parts called pen nibs, which people used for writing with ink.
The Victoria Works was one of the very first factories built just for making things in the Jewellery Quarter. It was a huge factory for its time, with almost 600 people working there! Big steam engines, powerful like 60 horses, helped make the pen nibs very quickly. This factory was a big part of how Birmingham became known for its manufacturing.
What is Victoria Works Used For Now?
The Victoria Works building was updated and fixed up in the early 1990s. Today, it's not a factory anymore. Instead, it's home to many different businesses and also has apartments where people live.
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