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Urban fabric Sites of de-industrialisation Faculty areas Shared faculty & Industry site Housing expansion areas Transfer huds New housing sites PTB road network PTB rail network Existing rail network Major roads
Up until the 1950s A extensive rail network linked the heavy manufacturing industries with the rest of the country. Due to Britains loss of power via the fall of the empire, manufacturing declined and so did the need for an extensive rail infrastrcuture.
If unused land and infrasture can be used for education can it be used for other things?
By the 1960s many of the major passenger and freight lines had closed due to lack of pro tability. Above is the closed Hanley Station in 1970. The closures also signalled an end to the connections between industry and communities as the two were now physically seperated. Keele university was founded in 1949 as the rst new University in Britain post WWII. It was cited by Price as being the embodiment of elitist views towards education for the few rather than the masses. View from a tarin pulling into a tranfer area. The Container style teaching facilities and cranes can be easily seen. Cover Drawing for Architectural Design, October 1966
Major road network Thinkbelt road network.