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In the early 1800s, a barn in Gloucester was converted into a pin factory. Now in 2026, its restoration has finally begun, ...
Adam Smith famously used a pin factory to illustrate the advantages of specialization, choosing this "very trifling manufacture" because the different tasks were performed under one roof: "One man ...
Other projects supported by the Heritage at Risk Capital Fund include the derelict Toll House at Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare and Swindon’s Health Hydro, which contains England’s oldest Turkish ...