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Posted on 2019-09-17 18:43:11 by silverchase
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>It is a well-understood fact in Zootopia, and beyond, that watchmaking played a significant part in what established Little Rodentia as a full-fledged neighborhood in the city.
>While it may seem hard to believe now, the rodent population in Zootopia was not significant throughout most of its history: the 1861 census reported only 14,431 of the 'very-small-scale' mammals, and there was no centralized district designated for them. The few rodents living in the city up to that point were thinly spread apart, with the occasional 'neighborhood' of several units built together -- one such example, on Prairie Road, is still mostly intact, and is now a museum and in the Z.T. Register of Historic Places.
>In 1868, Edward Meadows and Thaddeus Fielder, two voles who had found moderate success up to that point producing prayer nuts, devised the idea of producing mechanical watches to break into the then-burgeoning industry. The two believed that the small and intricate parts that went into assembling a mechanical watch would be a job best suited for the smallest of mammals. Volex was founded the following year, and the two voles began manufacturing and selling pocket watches aimed at size A5 mammals in their Savanna Central warehouse.
>While mechanics were seen as more suited for larger mammals up to that point, public opinion soon perceiving Volex watches as more precise than any other, and Volex marketing campaigns have taken significant advantage of this since. Demand for the watches skyrocketed, and by 1900, the company was producing as many as 200 watches per day from their factory in Zootopia.
>The sudden growth of Volex not only began to centralize the city's rodent population, but also brought in significant numbers from outlying regions. The growth called for a designated rodent community, and in 1897, the district of Little Rodentia was officially incorporated.
>Pictured: an overhead view of the Volex factory in 1973, with a curious tiger peering over the gate.
Posted on 2019-09-17 18:43:11 by silverchase
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>It is a well-understood fact in Zootopia, and beyond, that watchmaking played a significant part in what established Little Rodentia as a full-fledged neighborhood in the city.
>While it may seem hard to believe now, the rodent population in Zootopia was not significant throughout most of its history: the 1861 census reported only 14,431 of the 'very-small-scale' mammals, and there was no centralized district designated for them. The few rodents living in the city up to that point were thinly spread apart, with the occasional 'neighborhood' of several units built together -- one such example, on Prairie Road, is still mostly intact, and is now a museum and in the Z.T. Register of Historic Places.
>In 1868, Edward Meadows and Thaddeus Fielder, two voles who had found moderate success up to that point producing prayer nuts, devised the idea of producing mechanical watches to break into the then-burgeoning industry. The two believed that the small and intricate parts that went into assembling a mechanical watch would be a job best suited for the smallest of mammals. Volex was founded the following year, and the two voles began manufacturing and selling pocket watches aimed at size A5 mammals in their Savanna Central warehouse.
>While mechanics were seen as more suited for larger mammals up to that point, public opinion soon perceiving Volex watches as more precise than any other, and Volex marketing campaigns have taken significant advantage of this since. Demand for the watches skyrocketed, and by 1900, the company was producing as many as 200 watches per day from their factory in Zootopia.
>The sudden growth of Volex not only began to centralize the city's rodent population, but also brought in significant numbers from outlying regions. The growth called for a designated rodent community, and in 1897, the district of Little Rodentia was officially incorporated.
>Pictured: an overhead view of the Volex factory in 1973, with a curious tiger peering over the gate.
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