Austin and Rover Car Factory, Longbridge (former)

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Rover - very sadly, it's Over for this once great company.

The Longbridge plant is a formerly illustrious car factory in the Longbridge area of Birmingham, England.

The site was once the biggest manufacturing plant in the world and part of Birmingham's transport history, many thousands were employed producing and assembling cars in peacetime, which include the iconic Austin Mini, as well as aeroplanes, such as the Short Stirling, and munitions during the wars. Over a period of some ninety years the name of the firm operating from the Longbridge factory has changed many times. Despite radical changes in management, name and a succession of foreign owners and partners, the physical fabric of the factory itself has remained, evolved, and most importantly been used day-by-day in the production of motor vehicles, munitions and aeroplanes for nearly a century.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Motor_Company
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Coordinates:   52°22'52"N   1°59'11"W

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  • Don't look like this now!!!!!
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