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The '''Newcastle upon Tyne Improved Industrial Dwellings Company''' was set up by James Hall of Hall Brothers Steamship Company, [[Tynemouth]], after visiting [[Sir Sydney Waterlow]]'s establishment in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/jameshalltynemo00haywgoog|title=James Hall of Tynemouth: A Beneficent Life of a Busy Man of Business|last=Hayward|first=William|date=1896|publisher=Hazell, Watson and Viney, London.|location=American Libraries, Internet Archive.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/jameshalltynemo00haywgoog/page/n327 327]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk/DServe2/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=(RefNo=%27dt.nid%27)&dsqPos=0|title=Tyne and Wear Archives Service Catalogue|website=www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk|access-date=2019-06-03}}</ref> A [[Model dwellings company|model dwelling company]], it built 108 flats at Garth Heads between 1869 and 1878; the chairman, directors and shareholders were mostly prominent local businessmen.  The company was wound up in 1968 and the buildings at Garth Heads are currently used for private student accommodation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newcastleareas.wordpress.com/2019/06/02/garth-heads/|title=Garth Heads|last=Geography|first=Kay's|date=2019-06-02|website=Newcastle residential areas|language=en|access-date=2019-06-03}}</ref>
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