The River Calder as it runs through East Lancashire in river powered the 20 Cotton Mills that wove the cloth produced in Padiham

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The River Calder as it runs through East Lancashire in river powered the 20 Cotton Mills that wove the cloth produced in Padiham during the Industrial Revolution. All the mills are gone now and the River Calder sometimes overflows its banks and floods the River Calder is a major tributary of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England and is around 20 miles in length

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Size: 2592px × 4608px
Location: Padiham, Lancashire, England
Photo credit: © Brenda Kean / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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