Where once potters toiled, a gambling giant has built its headquarters.In 1769, Josiah Wedgwood opened a factory in Etruria with his business partner, Liverpool merchant Thomas Bentley.The factory was divided into two parts – one called the Ornamental Works and the other the Useful Works.But the Etruria site suffered badly from subsidence and air pollution, and so a new factory was built near the village of Barlaston.In 1950 Wedgwood production ceased at Etruria, and the factory was...
