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Cottonopolis
The term "Cottonopolis" came into use in about 1870. Cotton Exchange The commercial centre of Cottonopolis was the exchange's trading hall. wikipedia.org
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Cottonopolis
Cottonopolis (kɒt(ə)nˈɒpəlɪs) [f. cotton, after metropolis.] ‘Cotton City’: a sobriquet for Manchester as the centre of the cotton industry.1851 E. L. Blanchard Diary 9 Aug. in Scott & Howard Life E.L.B. (1891) I. 74 Still in the ‘Cottonopolis’. 1886 B. Quaritch Catal. of MSS. 3503 It..deserves to b... Oxford English Dictionary
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Cottonian
▪ I. Cottonian, n. nonce-wd. (kəˈtəʊnɪən) [Cf. Cottonopolis.] One whose interests are in the cotton trade; a member of the ‘Manchester school’ of politicians or economists.1846 Ld. Ashburton in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxiv. 77 Cobden's speech to the French economists showed great tact and ability.... Oxford English Dictionary
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Textile industry of Imperial Russia
At the time Manchester was known as Cottonopolis, and De Jersey and Co. played a major role in developing the cotton industry in the Russian Empire. wikipedia.org
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-polis
-polis repr. Gr. πόλις city, as in metropolis, necropolis; sometimes used (in the form -opolis) to form names or nicknames of cities or towns, e.g. Cottonopolis, Leatheropolis, Porkopolis.1868 W. M. Punshon in Macdonald Life (1887) 305 Cincinnati, the ‘Porkopolis’ of the Union. 1881 Chicago Times 16... Oxford English Dictionary
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Rachel Lebowitz
Her third book, Cottonopolis, uses found and prose poems to tell the story of the cotton industry during the industrial revolution. wikipedia.org
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De Jersey & Co.
They were attracted to Manchester, which had acquired the nickname Cottonopolis by the mid nineteenth century. wikipedia.org
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Devonshire Dome
like the 110 horses for which it was designed – to be converted to a charity hospital for the use of the ‘sick poor’ coming in for treatment from the ‘Cottonopolis wikipedia.org
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Mayfield Baths
The building, behind Manchester Piccadilly station in the Cottonopolis district, was of Italianate design and its pools were nearly long. wikipedia.org
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List of warehouses in Manchester
Warehouses See also Architecture of Manchester Manchester cotton warehouses Cottonopolis References Buildings and structures in Manchester Manchester wikipedia.org
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Devonshire Royal Hospital
like the 110 horses for which it was designed) to be converted to a charity hospital for the use of the ‘sick poor’ coming in for treatment from the ‘Cottonopolis wikipedia.org
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Richard Haworth Ltd
This flourishing cotton manufacturing community came to be referred to as "Cottonopolis". wikipedia.org
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William Wyld
His View of Manchester has become an iconic image of the 19th-century Cottonopolis. wikipedia.org
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Watts Warehouse
His success as a cotton trader was part of the commercial boom of the 19th century that gave Manchester the name "Cottonopolis", when the city was a global wikipedia.org
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Mithi River
The city of Mumbai earned the epithet – 'Cottonopolis of India' due to its vibrant cotton textile mills. wikipedia.org
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