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Description: Cottonopolis is a name given to the city of Manchester, in England. It denotes a metropolis of cotton and cotton mills, as inspired by Manchester's status as the international centre of the cotton and textile processing industries during this time. Engraving by Edward Goodall (1795-1870), original title Manchester, from Kersal Moor after a painting of W. Wylde.
Title: Cottonopolis1
Credit: http://www.makingthemodernworld.org/stories/the_industrial_town/06.ST.02/?scene=2, originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Newer version from http://www.goodallartists.ca/images/manchester-from-kersal-moor-wyld-.jpg
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