Cadbury's Chocolate Factory, Tasmania

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Cadbury's Chocolate Factory, Tasmania

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Commencing construction in 1920, the factory was built entirely of white [[ferro-concrete]]. Consisting of {{convert|12000|cuyd|m3|order=flip}} of concrete, weighing approximately {{convert|22000|tonnes}}, the factory was designed as six rectangular blocks, five of which containing three stories measuring {{convert|150|x|50|ft|order=flip}}.{{sfn|Cadbury-Fry-Pascall Ltd|1920s|p=5}} These included [[ancillary]] buildings for the warehouse and power and transformer houses, which were interconnected by covered arches on each floor.
Commencing construction in 1920, the factory was built entirely of white [[ferro-concrete]]. Consisting of {{convert|12000|cuyd|m3|order=flip}} of concrete, weighing approximately {{convert|22000|tonnes}}, the factory was designed as six rectangular blocks, five of which containing three stories measuring {{convert|150|x|50|ft|order=flip}}.{{sfn|Cadbury-Fry-Pascall Ltd|1920s|p=5}} These included [[ancillary]] buildings for the warehouse and power and transformer houses, which were interconnected by covered arches on each floor.
Forty workers (consisting of twenty-four men and sixteen women) from the original Cadbury factory in [[Birmingham, England|Birmingham]] and Bristol in the United Kingdom relocated to Tasmania to oversee the factory construction and train newly recruited staff.{{Cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-23/history-of-cadbury-chocolate-factory-in-hobart/9275224 |title=Why did Cadbury chose Tasmania as the site for its first chocolate factory outside the UK? |date=2017-12-23 |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |last=Rääbus |first=Carol |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923071333/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-23/history-of-cadbury-chocolate-factory-in-hobart/9275224 |url-status=live }}
Forty workers (consisting of twenty-four men and sixteen women) from the original Cadbury factory in [[Birmingham, England|Birmingham]] and Bristol in the United Kingdom relocated to Tasmania to oversee the factory construction and train newly recruited staff.{{Cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-23/history-of-cadbury-chocolate-factory-in-hobart/9275224 |title=Why did Cadbury chose Tasmania as the site for its first chocolate factory outside the UK? |date=2017-12-23 |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |last=Rääbus |first=Carol |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923071333/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-23/history-of-cadbury-chocolate-factory-in-hobart/9275224 |url-status=live }}
'''Cadbury's Chocolate Factory''' at Claremont was officially opened on 21 October 1921.name="GCC"/> Between March and May 1922, Cadbury's Managing Director [[Dorothy Cadbury]] visited the factory, overseeing working conditions from both the perspective of the employee and employer. Her parents, Chairman of Directors [[William Adlington Barrow Cadbury|Barrow Cadbury]] and [[Geraldine Cadbury|Dame Geraldine Cadbury DBE]], and sister Geraldine Mary Cadbury accompanied her on the visit.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226024946 |title=A Woman Director |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)|The Sun]] |issue=1403 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 February 1930 |access-date=26 September 2022 |page=43 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23634619 |title=WELFARE OF WORKERS. |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |volume=CXVIII |issue=17,293 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=9 March 1923 |access-date=26 September 2022 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}
'''Cadbury-Fry-Pascall Factory''' at Claremont was officially opened on 21 October 1921.>{{cite periodical|url=https://figshare.utas.edu.au/articles/thesis/Cadburys_at_Claremont_an_antipodean_Bournville_/23238296|author=Barton, Ruth|date=1982|title=Cadburys at Claremont : an antipodean Bournville?|publisher=University of Tasmania|doi=10.25959/23238296}}> Between March and May 1922, Cadbury's Managing Director [[Dorothy Cadbury]] visited the factory, overseeing working conditions from both the perspective of the employee and employer. Her parents, Chairman of Directors [[William Adlington Barrow Cadbury|Barrow Cadbury]] and [[Geraldine Cadbury|Dame Geraldine Cadbury DBE]], and sister Geraldine Mary Cadbury accompanied her on the visit.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226024946 |title=A Woman Director |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)|The Sun]] |issue=1403 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 February 1930 |access-date=26 September 2022 |page=43 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23634619 |title=WELFARE OF WORKERS. |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |volume=CXVIII |issue=17,293 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=9 March 1923 |access-date=26 September 2022 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Bound for Sydney, the first shipment left Cadbury's Claremont on Saturday 8 April 1922, containing [[Pascall (company)|Pascall]] confectionery.{{Cite web |url=https://www.julianburgess.com.au/single-post/why-pascall-sweets-came-first-when-cadbury-s-tasmanian-factory-opened |title=Why Pascall sweets came first when Cadbury's Tasmanian factory opened in 1922 |access-date=2022-09-25 |last=Burgess |first=Julian |date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=25 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925010219/https://www.julianburgess.com.au/single-post/why-pascall-sweets-came-first-when-cadbury-s-tasmanian-factory-opened |url-status=live }} Dorothy and Barrow Cadbury returned to Claremont in 1930.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article182769012 |title=WOMAN'S SPHERE |newspaper=[[Telegraph (Brisbane)|The Telegraph]] |issue=17,843 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=11 February 1930 |access-date=26 September 2022 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Bound for Sydney, the first shipment left Cadbury's Claremont on Saturday 8 April 1922, containing [[Pascall (company)|Pascall]] confectionery.{{Cite web |url=https://www.julianburgess.com.au/single-post/why-pascall-sweets-came-first-when-cadbury-s-tasmanian-factory-opened |title=Why Pascall sweets came first when Cadbury's Tasmanian factory opened in 1922 |access-date=2022-09-25 |last=Burgess |first=Julian |date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=25 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925010219/https://www.julianburgess.com.au/single-post/why-pascall-sweets-came-first-when-cadbury-s-tasmanian-factory-opened |url-status=live }} Dorothy and Barrow Cadbury returned to Claremont in 1930.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article182769012 |title=WOMAN'S SPHERE |newspaper=[[Telegraph (Brisbane)|The Telegraph]] |issue=17,843 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=11 February 1930 |access-date=26 September 2022 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Designed by architects Hutchinson & Walker, an additional three-story building measuring {{convert|340|ft|order=flip}} in length was erected in 1939 at a cost of [[£A]]40,000.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94429613 |title=Additional Factory Being Erected by Cadbury-Fry-Pascall Pty. Ltd., at Claremont, Tasmania. Architect's Drawing. |newspaper=[[The Advocate (Tasmania)|The Advocate]] |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=22 December 1938 |access-date=4 March 2023 |page=9 (DAILY) |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25575852 |title=CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FACTORY BLOCK |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |volume=CXLIX |issue=21,240 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=22 December 1938 |access-date=5 March 2023 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Designed by architects Hutchinson & Walker, an additional three-story building measuring {{convert|340|ft|order=flip}} in length was erected in 1939 at a cost of [[£A]]40,000.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94429613 |title=Additional Factory Being Erected by Cadbury-Fry-Pascall Pty. Ltd., at Claremont, Tasmania. Architect's Drawing. |newspaper=[[The Advocate (Tasmania)|The Advocate]] |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=22 December 1938 |access-date=4 March 2023 |page=9 (DAILY) |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25575852 |title=CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FACTORY BLOCK |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |volume=CXLIX |issue=21,240 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=22 December 1938 |access-date=5 March 2023 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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