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[[File:ACS A Spanner in the Works Outside Ferris Ironworks.png|250px|thumb|alt=A man in a patched jacket and a cap looks up at an open window on a building with signs reading "Starrick & Co" and "Rupert Ferris Ironworks Ltd".|Jacob Frye outside Ferris Ironworks]] | |||
'''Ferris Ironworks''' was an iron factory operating in 19th-century [[Croydon]], owned by the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Rupert Ferris]]. | |||
==History== | |||
Initially called Bow Rail Works, it was purchased in the 1850s by Rupert Ferris, who promptly renamed it "Ferris Ironworks". Over the years, it made vast profits shipping out iron ore used in the construction of [[train]]s.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Rupert Ferris]]</ref> | |||
For all its outward success, its inner workings revealed a darker side. Employees were severely maltreated, watched by overseers who pushed them to their limit working fourteen-hour shifts in order to keep production levels high, thereby maintaining the company's image as a major business. Rations were given out at infrequent intervals, doubled on some days and held back on others, in an effort to motivate workers to maximize production time. Machine accidents were common, leading to such injuries as severe burns and missing fingers, and fault was always directed at the operators, who were told to bear any pain in silence lest they risk unemployment or having their wages docked.<ref name="Database" /> | |||
As a result of the inhumane conditions, many workers died from complete exhaustion, as noted in numerous [[Metropolitan Police Service|police]] records. Hoping to hide the correlation between cause of death and employee age, the average age of an employee rapidly decreased over the next ten years, providing justification for the high numbers of exhaustion-related deaths.<ref name="Database" /> | |||
In 1862, the company was bought out by [[Crawford Starrick]], [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] of the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Templars]]. Already controlling [[London]] at the time, Starrick sought to seize power over all of England before expanding internationally, in accordance to the Templars' [[New World Order|over-arching designs]], and saw controlling the ironmaking industry as a key step. Ferris was thus [[Initiation into the Templar Order|inducted]] into the Templar Order and, through his factory, ensured the Templars' control over the industries of England.<ref name="Database" /> | |||
On 10 February 1868, the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Assassin]] [[Jacob Frye]] infiltrated the factory and assassinated Ferris, depriving the company of leadership and Starrick of a valuable ally.<ref name="Spanner">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Spanner in the Works]]</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180"> | |||
ACS A Spanner in the Works 9.png|The factory's interior | |||
ACS A Spanner in the Works 6.png|A child worker trapped under a metal plate | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Appearances== | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
{{ACS}} | |||
[[Category:Companies]] | |||
[[Category:Templar-affiliated groups]] | |||
Latest revision as of 22:36, 18 October 2025
Ferris Ironworks was an iron factory operating in 19th-century Croydon, owned by the Templar Rupert Ferris.
History[edit | edit source]
Initially called Bow Rail Works, it was purchased in the 1850s by Rupert Ferris, who promptly renamed it "Ferris Ironworks". Over the years, it made vast profits shipping out iron ore used in the construction of trains.[1]
For all its outward success, its inner workings revealed a darker side. Employees were severely maltreated, watched by overseers who pushed them to their limit working fourteen-hour shifts in order to keep production levels high, thereby maintaining the company's image as a major business. Rations were given out at infrequent intervals, doubled on some days and held back on others, in an effort to motivate workers to maximize production time. Machine accidents were common, leading to such injuries as severe burns and missing fingers, and fault was always directed at the operators, who were told to bear any pain in silence lest they risk unemployment or having their wages docked.[1]
As a result of the inhumane conditions, many workers died from complete exhaustion, as noted in numerous police records. Hoping to hide the correlation between cause of death and employee age, the average age of an employee rapidly decreased over the next ten years, providing justification for the high numbers of exhaustion-related deaths.[1]
In 1862, the company was bought out by Crawford Starrick, Grand Master of the British Templars. Already controlling London at the time, Starrick sought to seize power over all of England before expanding internationally, in accordance to the Templars' over-arching designs, and saw controlling the ironmaking industry as a key step. Ferris was thus inducted into the Templar Order and, through his factory, ensured the Templars' control over the industries of England.[1]
On 10 February 1868, the British Assassin Jacob Frye infiltrated the factory and assassinated Ferris, depriving the company of leadership and Starrick of a valuable ally.[2]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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The factory's interior -
A child worker trapped under a metal plate
Appearances[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]