New City: Brickton

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Entry posted by Helsinki 2 · May 11, 2013

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Brickton is a city located in Flemning lake County, founded as a , it has traditionally run off industry since its birth in 1873 as a coal mining settlement, now not only coal is mined there, but bauxite, the chief ore of aluminium. Brickton's planned area is a loop of avenue roughly 1.2x1.2km this was originally housing for the mines and factories that sprung up around them, in the center of this loop is an oddly placed industrial area,which is pretty much the city center.

to the north of this is the old Workers Hall, which was a social club ( see Wikipedia's article on Welfare Capitalism ) for the personal use of the Workers which was built with the founding of the city, the Company behind the project was United Mining Incorporated.

To the North of the very center, just within the loop is the City Hall, this building is newer than the original "planned worker settlement" and was built when Brickton was incorporated into a City, when private offices and factories sprang up in 1878. Most of the Houses and in fact most of the city were originally owned by UMI but by the turn of the 19th century they were being bought by other businesses and the worker's that lived there. In 1973 UMI started running into financial trouble and was eventually closed its doors in 1975, After this other companies took over the 4 mines in Brickton, Flemning ores Ltd. took over the 2 Bauxite mines and Standard Coal took over the coal mines. They both sold their goods to the newely founded Brickton Smelt Co. which was created by some former worker's of UMI to keep the old smelting plant open.

The Bankruptcy of UMI made shareholders in many Brickton companies nervous, so they sold up. then the economy went...

Brickton Cast Iron and Wrought Iron Company was the first to go in the Brickton Depression, then Roberts Construction materials, Then Flemning Rubbber Seal Ltd. The list goes on and on.

Many companies have recovered though, the commercial sector was not as hard hit as the industry, but the economy of Brickton is permanently damaged, the only companies that are doing very well are the 3 that filled UMI's gap. Unemployment is through the roof. Everyone is poor, but everyone has always been poor in Brickton.

The Hotel in the foreground was built in 1964, it is not recommended to stay here

The Worker's Hall.

The Mayors House, Built in the style of a later French Mansion, this is where the mayor lives, it was built in 1903 by Mayor Branwell Goe after someone pointed out that he rarely visited his city, it has a thick wood around it.