Fort Dunlop, is the common name of the original tyre factory and main office of Dunlop Rubber in the Erdington district of Birmingham, England. It was established in 1917, and by 1954 the entire factory area employed 10,000 workers. At one time it was the world's largest factory, when it employed 3,200 workers.
Completed: 1920s (2006 in current form)
Construction started: 1916
Height: 24 metres (79 ft)
Floor count: 7
Architect(s): 1920s: Sidney Stott and W.W. Gibbings · 2007: Hazel Rounding of shedkm
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