 | | 2015-04-25 23:53
From blog The Secondhand Years
Cottonopolis
There is so much to see and do in Manchester, I couldn't fit it all into one weekend, or one blog post. This place is brilliant, and will require a second visit. Cotton is at the centre of Manchester's industrial, financial and social history. In 1781, Richard Arkwright built the first steam-driven textile mill in the city, ten years after he established his factory at Cromford Mill in Derbyshire (you can read about our visit here ). By 1853, there were 108 mills in Manchester, and twenty years later, the city produced over 30% of the world's cotton. The ready supply of water and coal, and the development of...
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