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English: A factory frontage in Drews Lane, Ward End, Birmingham, England in October 2000. At the time the photo was taken, the factory was the main plant of the van maker LDV. Since the demise of LDV in 2008, this building has been demolished and the site cleared for redevelopment.

The factory was built in 1913, During its life, the plant was used as:

  • the assembly plant of Wolseley Motors until 1948
  • the transmission plant for the British Leyland (BL) Austin-Morris division from 1968
  • the van production for BL from 1972, evolving into Freight Rover
  • the van production centre for the commercial vehicle company Leyland DAF from 1987
  • the van business for the independent LDV following the collapse of Leyland DAF in 1993
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  • 5 May 2011
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Camera location52° 29′ 55.07″ N, 1° 50′ 15.14″ W  Heading=0° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current07:19, 9 December 2015Thumbnail for version as of 07:19, 9 December 20151,125 × 607 (595 KB)DeFacto (talk | contribs)Recut
18:21, 29 October 2006Thumbnail for version as of 18:21, 29 October 20061,152 × 864 (181 KB)DeFacto (talk | contribs){{Information| |Description=Factory front in Drews Lane, Ward End, Birmingham. Occupied by LDV at the time the photo was taken. |Date=Created 2000-10-11 |Source=Own work |Author=DeFacto |Permission={{self|cc-by-sa-2.5}} }}

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