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History of Manchester

  • The Condition of the Working Class in EnglandFriedrich Engels walked the streets of Salford and Manchester between 1842 and 1844. He saw children dying from smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, and…
  • CottonopolisRichard Arkwright opened the world's first steam-driven textile mill on Miller Street in Manchester in 1781. This single building marked a turning point from…