Basel Mission tile factory

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The Common Wealth Trust Ltd or locally referred to as Basel Mission tile factory run by the German missionary Plebot (Georg Plebst in reality), with an unnamed Indian master-potter,{{cite web |title=The Basel Mission and its Terracotta Products in Karnataka |url=https://www.sahapedia.org/the-basel-mission-and-its-terracotta-products-karnataka}} was the first Mangalore tile manufacturing factory to be set up in India in 1860{{harvnb|Giriappa|1994|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=k8j7tyiCAFkC&pg=PA61 61]|Ref=appa}} on banks of the Nethravathi river near Morgan's Gate,{{cite web

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|title=Tiles are strong, industry is brittle

|last=Belgaumkar

|first=Govind D.

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|accessdate=2009-02-01}} about {{convert|10|km}} from the Ullal bridge.*{{cite web

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|title = Tiles for style

|last = Babu

|first = Savitha Suresh

|date = 2007-02-17

|work = The Hindu

|accessdate = 2009-01-31

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