Workshop

This article is about mechanical engineering. For other uses, see Workshop (disambiguation).
This museum workshop containing tools and supplies has been in use for decades.
A small workshop with instruments

Beginning with the Industrial Revolution era, a workshop may be a room or building which provides both the area and tools (or machinery) that may be required for the manufacture or repair of manufactured goods. Workshops were the only places of production until the advent of industrialization and the development of larger factories.

Backshop

Main article: backshop

In some repair industries, such as locomotives and aircraft, the repair operations have specialized workshops called backshops. Most repairs are carried out in small workshops, except where an industrial service is needed.

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