The international geography . Liverpool and Birkenhead. England and Wales 173 the steep rise of the Pennine moorlands along the third part of a circlefrom east to north-west of Manchester, and all are within ten miles of itscentre. Oldham is by far the most important for manufactures ; in fact itcontains one-third of all the cotton spindles in England. Bolton speciaHsesin the finest qualities of cotton 3arn, and Bury and Rochdale retain a con-siderable woollen manufacture, although cotton-spinning to the northern edge of the coal-field Preston stands at the head ofsea naviga
The international geography . Liverpool and Birkenhead. England and Wales 173 the steep rise of the Pennine moorlands along the third part of a circlefrom east to north-west of Manchester, and all are within ten miles of itscentre. Oldham is by far the most important for manufactures ; in fact itcontains one-third of all the cotton spindles in England. Bolton speciaHsesin the finest qualities of cotton 3arn, and Bury and Rochdale retain a con-siderable woollen manufacture, although cotton-spinning to the northern edge of the coal-field Preston stands at the head ofsea navigation on the Ribble, where the main line of the London andNorth-Western Railway crosses the river. Here Arkwright set up the firstspinning frames worked by mechanical power in 17^)8. and the com on If-\ > EnqliahMiles. Fig. 82.—The Maiuhesler District. industry is still of great importance. At Blackburn, in a vajley nine milesto the east, Hargreaves had established his spinning jennv in 1767, andit is still one of the chief seats of cotton-weaving. The canal from Liver-pool to Leeds and a railway pass eastward through Blackburn and up thevalley which leads across the Pennine ridge to Airedale, through Accring-ton and Burnley. All these towns depend on cotton. The number offactories on this coal-field creates an enormous demand for machinery,and the towns consequently contain large engineering works. There areextensive chemical, glass and soap works at St. Helens, and other townssurrounding Liverpool. The great industrial population of the region 174 The International Geography requires the creation of a number of health and pleasure resorts on thebreezy uplands of the Pennine Chain, and along the fine sand-beaches ofthe coast where Soiithport and Blackpool are the largest of a host ofwatering plac
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