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Lancashire.
§Poverty.
§Pastoral farming lends itself to small-scale enterprise.
§Indigenous textile tradition.
§Woolens under Yorkshire influence and linens under Irish influence.
§Climate.
§Cotton “hydroscopic.”
§An east wind reduces output and quality by 10 per cent.
§Water and coal.
§Lack of institutional constraint.
§Manchester a new town.
§Grows from 7th largest in 1775 to 3rd largest in 1801.
An Industrial Landscape in 1833: Swainson, Birley and Co., near Preston, Lancashire, England.
Original advantages.