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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.
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Old black and white photograph of many cotton mills with smokestacks alongside a river in Manchester

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