A handbook to the industries of the British Isles and the United StatesD. Rogue, 1882 - 220 pages |
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... centre of an enor- mous iron trade , causing several populous towns to rise up . Middlesbrough , the capital of this district , had only one house in it about forty - five years ago , and now it contains a population of 70,000 , all ...
... centre of an enor- mous iron trade , causing several populous towns to rise up . Middlesbrough , the capital of this district , had only one house in it about forty - five years ago , and now it contains a population of 70,000 , all ...
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... centre , and the valley of the Don , in which Sheffield is situated , may be considered the headquarters of the steel trade . Further eastward we have a recent , but increasing iron district in Lincolnshire , in the neighbourhood of ...
... centre , and the valley of the Don , in which Sheffield is situated , may be considered the headquarters of the steel trade . Further eastward we have a recent , but increasing iron district in Lincolnshire , in the neighbourhood of ...
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... centres of the trade , to which copper from all parts of the world is sent to be smelted . The whole country around these places is shrouded with a white and peculiarly unpleasant copper smoke , which has had the effect of entirely ...
... centres of the trade , to which copper from all parts of the world is sent to be smelted . The whole country around these places is shrouded with a white and peculiarly unpleasant copper smoke , which has had the effect of entirely ...
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... , at the heads of Teesdale , Swaledale and Wharfedale . Alston in Northumberland , and Pateley Bridge and Grassington in Yorkshire , are the centres of these lead - mining districts . The Peak country COPPER , BRASS , TIN AND LEAD 13.
... , at the heads of Teesdale , Swaledale and Wharfedale . Alston in Northumberland , and Pateley Bridge and Grassington in Yorkshire , are the centres of these lead - mining districts . The Peak country COPPER , BRASS , TIN AND LEAD 13.
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... centres . Monmouthshire and Glamorgan- shire in South Wales , and the neighbourhoods of Birmingham and Wolverhampton , contain the majority of the tinplate works , a large part of the production of which is sent to Liverpool , to be ...
... centres . Monmouthshire and Glamorgan- shire in South Wales , and the neighbourhoods of Birmingham and Wolverhampton , contain the majority of the tinplate works , a large part of the production of which is sent to Liverpool , to be ...
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