Twentieth Century

Industry

Henry Ford brought mass production to the industrial process when he organized the building of his Model T Ford cars.

By the middle of the Twentieth Century the car industry was the centre of a host of connected industries - rubber, petrol, oil, steel, tool making, parts .....

In the second half of the century it became the largest enterprise in all the richer countries.

In what way has Birmingham remained at the centre of transport?

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The building industry enjoyed a huge boom after the Second World War.

Builders have continued to prosper, with demands for more hygienic factories, bigger offices, and more and better homes.

Urban regeneration programmes, such as those that have taken place in Birmingham, have breathed life into run down inner city areas, bringing jobs and new industries.

What is the Twentieth Century source of power being made in one of these buildings which no home would be without?