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Salford at Work - People and Industries Through the Years (Paperback)
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Salford at Work - People and Industries Through the Years (Paperback)
Series: At Work
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Though often seen as the smaller twin of Manchester, Salford - its
neighbour across the River Irwell - boasts a rich industrial
heritage. Cotton and silk spinning and weaving in local mills
attracted an influx of families and provided Salford with a strong
economy. However, it was the completion of the Manchester Ship
Canal in 1894 that triggered the town's development as a major
inland port, and Salford expanded rapidly from a small market town
into a major industrial metropolis. The population rose from 12,000
in 1812 to 70,244 within thirty years. By the end of the nineteenth
century it had increased to 220,000, mostly housed in low-quality
and overcrowded Victorian terraces, leading to chronic social
deprivation. Salford at Work explores the life of Salford and its
people, from pre-industrial beginnings through to the present day.
In a fascinating series of contemporary photographs and
illustrations, it takes us through the dramatic rise and fall of
the textile industry and the town's role as a major inland port,
the trauma of high unemployment between the wars, post-war
industrial decline and into the twenty-first century, showing how
this 'Dirty Old Town' has successfully transformed itself from one
of the country's most deprived areas into a thriving
post-industrial city.
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