Railway town
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A railway town, or railroad town, is a settlement that originated, or was expanded, as a result of a railway line being constructed there.
Bereket (Kazandzhik) in Turkmenistan. The town originated from a railway station built in 1885. The city is now an important crossroad of the old Trans-Caspian Railway and new North-South Transnational Railway.
Company town
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A company town is a place where all or most of the stores and housing in the town are owned by the same company that is also the main employer. Company towns are often planned with a suite of amenitie
Railway town
…employers, with 6,000 people employed by them in Crewe in 1877 and 14,000 in Swindon in 1905. The growth of railway towns was often in the mould of the 'paternalistic employer' providing housing, schools, hospitals, churches and civic buildings for their workers, similar to Cadbury's Bournville; there was a "very rigid and…
The town of Siedlung Eisenheim in Oberhausen, Germany
Company town Burg in Bayreuth, Germany
Pullman in the late 19th century
An example of houses at Port Sunlight, England