The Common Wealth Trust Ltd or locally referred to as Basel Mission tile factory run by the
German
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missionary
Plebot (Georg Plebst in reality), with an un-named Indian master-potter, was the first
Mangalore tile manufacturing factory to be set up in
India
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in 1860 on banks of the
Nethravathi river
The Netravati River or Netravathi Nadi has its origins at Bangrabalige valley, Yelaneeru Ghat in Kudremukh in Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka, India. This river flows through the famous pilgrimage place Dharmasthala and is considered on ...
near
Morgan's Gate, about from the Ullal bridge.
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See also
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Codacal Tile Factory
Citiations
References
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Companies based in Mangalore
Indian companies established in 1860
Manufacturing companies established in 1860
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