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Where did the factory workers live? Towns grew up around the factories so that the factory workers could live close to their work. They lived in small, brick houses built in terraces. The backyards of one street backed straight on to the backyards of the next, and were often in the shadow of the factories's smoking chimneys. The new factories and worker's houses were mostly built of red brick.   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: History Chapter: The Industrial Revolution