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Transport and the Industrial City

- Manchester and the Canal Age, 1750-1850

About Transport and the Industrial City

Focusing on Manchester, this book shows that canals were at the heart of the self-styled Cottonopolis. Not only did canals move the key commodities of Manchester's industrial revolution -coal, corn, and cotton - but canal banks also provided the key sites for the factories that made Manchester the 'shock city' of the early Victorian age. -- .

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780719083600
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 320
  • Published:
  • February 28, 2013
  • Dimensions:
  • 158x235x29 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 632 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: May 29, 2025

Description of Transport and the Industrial City

Focusing on Manchester, this book shows that canals were at the heart of the self-styled Cottonopolis. Not only did canals move the key commodities of Manchester's industrial revolution -coal, corn, and cotton - but canal banks also provided the key sites for the factories that made Manchester the 'shock city' of the early Victorian age. -- .

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