Manchester: The First Industrial City 1A by Elizabeth Welsh https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi en-us 2022-12-22 11:30:30 UTC 2025-11-02 03:25:36 UTC hello@padlet.com Textile Industry in Manchester by Nick Cavallo https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427594433 1. Arkwright water frame was made in 1775 and used at Arkwright Mills at Matlock Bath

2. Arkwright Water frame is one of the earliest surviving production example of a machine that caused a transformation in cotton spinning

3. The Spinning Mule was made by the Platt Brothers and Co. Ltd. Oldham, 1927.

4. The Spinning Mule spun stronger and better yarn in bigger quantities then ever before.

5. Canals were used and were essential to distribute coal around Manchester and the rest of the UK.

6. English Colton mills first appeared in 1776

7. By 1816 there were 86 cotton mills throughout the city

https://sites.google.com/a/wisc.edu/ils202fall11/home/student-wikis/group6

https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/search/categories/textile-industry]]> 2022-12-22 17:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427594433 Arkwright’s Prototype Spinning Machine by Ansh Gairola https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427690795 1. Created in England, 1769
2. Made with the help of a clockmaker named John Kay
3. Used to spin cotton fibers together
4. Worked by spinning the cotton fibers through 4 pairs of rollers, which rotated to twist the thread into yarn and tied into bobbins
5. Initially designed to be driven by horsepower
6. Was changed into being powered by water in 1775
7. Revolutionized the production of yarn and led to rapid mechanization throughout England.


Second link: https://www.diomedia.com/stock-photo-arkwright-s-prototype-spinning-machine-1769-image5521568.html

]]> 2022-12-22 22:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427690795 John Dalton: Atoms, Eyesight and Auroras - Vihar Uppalapati https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427695411
  • John Dalton was born in Cumbria in 1766.
  • Dalton developed the Law of Partial Pressures in 1801.
  • Dalton also developed the law of thermal expansion of gases.
  • John Dalton gave atoms of the same element the same atomic weight. He assigned atomic weights to 20 different elements.
  • Dalton used models to show the 3D structure of molecules.
  • Dalton was red-green colorblind and he also made a theory to explain color blindness.
  • Dalton died on July 27, 1844.

    • Outside Source Information
    https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Dalton

    1. In 1793, Dalton moved to Manchester to teach math at the New College.
    2. In 1817, Dalton was elected president of the Literary and Philosophical Society.
    3. After Dalton’s atomic theory, the study of chemistry spread more information and was also much quicker.
    ]]>     2022-12-22 22:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427695411     Textile Industry of Industrial Manchester By Dominick Duarte https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427695667 -This Water frame was invented by Sir Arkwright and John Kay, it was used to make fabrics.
    -The rollers are geared so that cotton fibers passed through the slowest first and then the faster ones after, this makes the fibers are thin
    -It could only be used for spinning the hard and strong warps, not wefts
    -This invention kickstarts the industrial revolution
    -these machines could not be operated by hand and needed to be driven by water wheels.
    -The invention of Arkwright's water frame allowed  manufacturers to produce high-quality and stronger threads and yarns than ever before.
    -This invention makes Britain one of the most powerful nations in the world

    https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/richard-arkwright-and-his-wonderful-machine-the-water-frame

    https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co44892/model-of-a-power-loom-for-plain-weaving-loom-model-representation

    ]]>     2022-12-22 22:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427695667     The Worlds First Synthetic Dye By William Henry Perkin, By Varshitha Kondapalli https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427751670 - Perkin had been working on task set by the head of the Royal College of Chemistry, August Wilhelm Von Hofmann. He was only 18 years old when doing this and he was also already working for 2 years as Hofmann’s researching assistant.
    - They were trying to make a synthetic form of quinine which was something used for the treatment of malaria.
    - Perkin’s task was to study and do experiments with aniline, and he had realized that when he oxidized aniline using potassium it created a black precipitate, and when the color was removed it left silk dyed purple.
    - He had named the color mauve and called the synthetic dye mauveine, and fingerprints of these colors are found on his laboratory notebook.
    - This discovery helped establish the things in the chemical industry.
    - The use of this coal tar, had made it less of just a waste product and into something more useful and used.
    - Perkin’s had also developed a way in producing this dye by varying the components needed to make it.

    Outside Source:
    - This dye was found accidentally from doing a experiment
    - Natural dyes were available, but hard to make as they came from natural ingredients which took a very long time to fully process and make the dyes and faded quite quickly, but the dyes made by Perkin were more permanent and less expensive.
    - A while later Perkin’s had patented the dye and opened up a shop for dyeing fabrics, and even Queen Victoria was wearing clothes dyed by this color. 

    https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/3/12/17109258/sir-william-henry-perkin-google-doodle-birthday-180-mauveine-purple-dye
    ]]>     2022-12-23 01:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427751670     William Henry Perkin and the World’s First Synthetic Dye By: Klara Hinen https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427766488
  • In 1856, 18 year old Perkin was given a task to complete by the Royal College of Chemistry. 
  • Hofmann, the man whom Perkin gave assist to, was trying to develop a treatment for malaria in the form of quinine. 
  • Perkin had the task to experiment with a substance known as aniline. 
  • Aniline is a colorless, aromatic oil that come from coal tar.
  • Working in a lab at home, Perkin had to oxidize aniline using potassium dichromate. 
  • The oxidisation resulted in a black precipitate, that dyed silk the color purple. 
  • His findings were recorded in a notebook which is held by a museum from the City of London School. 
  • Perkin decided on calling the color mauve and the synthetic dye was called mauveine. 
  • The dyeing industry benefitted from this discovery and made Perkin a lot of money. 
  • The use of coal tar also increased in several industries and the development of perfume.
    • Outside Source: https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/william-henry-perkin
    1. At the age of 36, Perkin sold his business so that he can spend the rest of his life doing research. 
    2. In 1857, he opened his factory at Greenford Green. 
    3. In 1906, the Society of the Chemical Industry created a Perkin Award in honor of his discovery of mauveine.

    ]]>     2022-12-23 01:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427766488     Aviation in Manchester: How the city took to the skies apradeep2 https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427774315 1. The Age of Aviation became more popularized and expanded during the 20th century.

    2. The first airplanes were manufactured with wood, paper, and bicycle parts.

    3. The first all British airplane was built and flown in 1909 by Alliot Verdon Roe.

    4. The ideas for innovating aircraft came from how it could be beneficial in war, as the Age of Aviation was during World War I.

    5. As time went by, new designs and innovations completely changed the aspect of aircrafts, from aerodynamic effects to the material the aircrafts were made in, previously made of wood, now metal.

    6. The development of radars in aircrafts to help the plane navigate in dark areas were developed in Manchester.

    7. The Telecommunications Research Establishment was a research and development organisation established during World War II to develop new technology to help aircraft navigate and detect enemy targets. This was also developed in Manchester.
    ]]>     2022-12-23 02:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427774315     MANCHESTER’S SMOKE NUISANCE: AIR POLLUTION IN THE INDUSTRIAL CITY By: Eliana Padron epadron9 https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427789588
  • The industrialization of Manchester polluted the city, causing major health problems for the people in it
  • In 19th century Manchester people were burning coal and other fossil fuels
  • People at the time did were not aware of the climate problems burning fossil fuels would bring
  • People in Manchester would be coughing and their eyes would sting from the air pollution
  • There was smoke, dirt, and bad smells made by Manchester’s chimneys
  • Coal powered steam engines caused the air to be filled with sooty coal smoke
  • The air pollution caused there to be dark skies, dirty homes, dirty clothes, and respiratory diseases
  • The air pollution in Manchester was known as ‘the smoke nuisance’
  • The town had a demand for coal which was the cause for the building of the world’s first modern canal
  • It was called the Bridgewater Canal
  • A Scottish scientist named Robert Angus Smith was an expert on atmospheric pollution and came to Manchester in the early 1840s
  • Outside Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/may/29/manchester-report-climate-change



    • ]]>     2022-12-23 02:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427789588     The Textile Industry https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427794162 By:Advait Sateesh

    -The water frame was made by Arkwright. It could produce large amounts of cotton allowing for the expanse of the textile industry.
    -the water frame also changed how people worked, instead of working from home people worked in large mills.
    -The spinning mule was another invention that revolutionized the textile industry.
    -the spinning mule spun much stronger better quality cotton yarn then any machine before it.
    -cannals where important in the movement of resources around England.
    -The first cotton mills appeared in 1776
    -The textile industry began from cotton that shipped from India. Cotton became big in England causing entrepreneurs to start to invent new ways to produce cotton faster and better.

    Links:
    https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/textiles-gallery
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottonopolis]]>     2022-12-23 02:46:36 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427794162     Manchester’s Smoke Nuisance || Presented by: Savya Patel spatel521 https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427794890
  • The practice of burning fossil fuels was an energy source and the primary source of air-polluting emissions.
  • Coal was first established as the dominant source of energy for powering industry in 19th-century Manchester.
  • Due to industrialization in Manchester, coughing, stinging eyes, and gloom were all symptoms of living there. Usually, visitors of the city were shocked and disgusted by all the dirt, smoke, and debris, not to mention the hideous stench that plagued the city.
  • At the peak of the cotton industry, cotton mills were driven by steam engines powered by coal. This filled the air with noxious, sooty coal smoke.
  • Residents and workers experienced many difficulties with living with industrial air polution, such as dark skies, dirty homes, dirty clothes, and respiratory diseases.
  • The urban air pollution lingering in Manchester was known as “the smoke nuisance.”
  • First ever steam-powered cotton mill was built in Shudehill, Manchester in 1782 by Richard Arkwright.
  • By the mid-1840s, there were about 500 smoking industrial chimneys in Manchester and the number was constantly increasing.

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    Outside Source:
    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/may/29/manchester-report-climate-change
    1. While Manchester was a consumer, Lancashire was a producer for coal. The city’s demand for coal was the main reason that the city started the construction of the world’s first modern canal, called the Bridgewater Canal.
    2. Coal was the fuel that burned in the fireboxes of new railway engines. Coal consumption in Manchester was measured in millions of tons.
    3. Manchester was the terminus of the line that carries cotton both to and from docks located in Liverpool.
    ]]>     2022-12-23 02:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427794890     The Locomotive Known as Rocket -Rohan Desai https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427796311 - Rocket was a prototype designed by Robert Stephenson (1803-1859). Robert Stephenson developed many other things in his life that would improve the Rocket
    - Rocket was sold to new coal mining companies because they were eager to test out the new railway
    - Liverpool was hosting a competitive trial to see what was the best locomotive for the years to come, and every time Robert went to it, he would improve on his design
    - Robert came up with a game changing idea to have an increased heating area to allow Rocket to have much more speed and able to sustain for long periods of time
    - Robert thought that has a hazard the train could catch on fire so he started working a “separate fire box”
    - No.19 prototype was tested on and after completion he was able to test the locomotive, seeing gauges and the steam produced
    - He made modifications to it because he saw fit to partly dismantle the locomotive
    - The speed it had was amazing and Rocket had to be improved upon because of its old technology it had
    https://www.american-rails.com/stephensons.html (Outside source)]]>     2022-12-23 02:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427796311     Manchester’s Smoke Nuisance: Air Pollution in the Industrial City by Nila Angappan https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427805275
  • Burning of fossil fuels was the primary source of air-pollution during the 19th-century. Since coal was the main source of energy, it was commonly used around Manchester. 
  • The pollution in the air caused people to experience many side effects such as coughing, perpetual gloom, and stinging eyes. Oxygen is an important living condition for humans; when it is tampered it can lead to health problems.
  • By burning coal, it made the air quality horrible for people to breath in. Due to this fossil fuel, buildings were found covered in dirt, stench, and smoke from chimneys. 
  • The air pollution was known as “the smoke nuisance” because of its effects on Manchester. Some effects include darkened skies, filthy homes & clothes, and diseases. 
  • An example of one popular industry that heavily relied on coal was the cotton industry. People used steam-powered cotton mills to create more textile products. However, these factories would pollute the air with coal.
  • The sign of smoke in the air was believed to represent economic success and technological progress for many people. Some groups include engineers, workers, and Victorian industrialists. 
  • In 1842, the Manchester Association for Prevention of Smoke was created after anti-air pollution activists disliked “the smoke nuisance”. This group of people wanted to find solutions to solve this problem in the air they were breathing in. 

    • Outside Source Info:
    • Valleys which were surrounded by hills caused the smoke to get trapped. Due to this geography, people died or suffered through diseases. To add on, those who lived near coal factories were also effected by other places’ pollution due to downwind. 
    • One way coal effected peoples’ lives was how they grow. People who lived in polluted districts had a slower growth than those who didn’t live there. This caused them to stay at a shorter height when they are adults.
    • The Midlands of north England and in South Whales most likely had the worst effects on health due to having high coal intensities. This was found by combining coal consumption by industry and industrial composition of the workforce. By adding these two together, you were able to solve the amount of coal used in the each district. 

    Sources: 

    https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/air-pollution

    https://theconversation.com/air-pollution-in-victorian-era-britain-its-effects-on-health-now-revealed-87208
    ]]>     2022-12-23 03:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427805275     The textile Industry- Amogh Shetty https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427808848  -This water frame shown in the image created by Arkwright could produce large amounts of cotton.

    -It was first known as the “spinning fram” asa it was spinning but was upgraded and changed to the “water frame”.

    - The creation of the machine replaced the need for labor.

    -The machine was very important as it produced cotton which was used to create clothes.
     
    -The water frame made people work from inside their home to working inside giant mills.

    - As a result of Arkwrights successful invention, was upgraded and replicated all around the world.

    -Woolen shawls were also an invention created in the textile Industry.

    -The woolen shawl was mostly worn by women to keep them warm like a blanket.

    - Women would have to walk up and down from the mill so
    they wore the shawl to be warm.

    LINK: https://www.historycrunch.com/water-frame-invention-in-the-industrial-revolution.html#/

    ]]>     2022-12-23 03:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427808848     Riya Setya - Manchester’s Air Pollution In The Industrial City https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427813164 1. Industrialization in the 19th-century, Manchester had world-changing effects, but also polluted the city and caused massive health problems for its inhabitants
    2. During the 19th-century Manchester, coal was established as the dominant source of energy for the powering industry
    3.  Coughs, stinging eyes and perpetual gloom became part of the industrial Manchester
    4. As the world’s first industrial city, Manchester has a long and difficult history of air pollution
    5. Residents and workers suffered the consequences of living with air pollution from the industrial time, including dismal, darker skies, dirty homes and clothing, and respiratory disease and increased mortality
    6. The urban air pollution was known as ‘the smoke nuisance.’
    7. Despite causing these dreadful living conditions for Manchester’s residents and workers, coal’s smoke was associated with thriving industry]]>     2022-12-23 03:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427813164     Niami Anand- Manchester’s Smoke Nuisance: Air Pollution In the Industrial City https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427847095 1. Manchester’s cotton industry filled Manchester’s atmosphere with sooty coal smoke
    2. Due to the sooty air, it caused dark skies, everything was dirty, and it caused health problems like respiratory diseases and increased mortality.
    3. The smoke in the sky became an indicator of success, because it meant more goods were being produced, so business was doing well. 
    4. The smoke and sooty air was due to the burning of coal, which is a fossil fuel.
    5. The soot affected many things than just blackening buildings, it changed the color of snow to black and it led to the evolution of the pepper moth.
    6. In 1956, the attitude towards pollution changed and they became aware of how bad it was, which is why the Clean Air Act was introduced which restricted the amount of coal burned.
    7. The buildings that were blackened were famous globally and many claim that Manchester is the birthplace of the industrial revolution. 
    https://www.quadrigaltd.com/the-dark-days-of-manchesters-buildings/ ]]>     2022-12-23 05:03:54 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427847095     Manchester's smoke nuisance: air pollution in the industrial city - Anam Torabi atorabi https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427868875 - Manchester had a long and dark history including air pollution due to the fact that there were many engine powered mills
    - There were dreadful living conditions but coal smoke was helping the industry 
    - Air pollution led to dark skies, dirty homes and clothes, and respiratory diseases
    - In the 19th century coal was said to be the power for the increasing power in the industry
    - The sign of the coal smoke was a symbol to everyone that they were successful in the industry
    - People started to dislike the amount of coal being burnt because they started to realize that the air isn't clean
    - The 1956 clean air act lead to the creation of smokeless skies, this led to citizens being able to breath clean air
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    Outside source: 
    https://www.historycrunch.com/living-conditions-in-industrial-towns.html#/ 
    - Numerous factories in the city caused the air quality to be horrible and unbearable
    - Wealthy businessmen established  more factories and mines 
    - The air pollution was mainly from coal


    ]]>     2022-12-23 06:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427868875     Manchester’s Smoke Nuisance: Air Pollution in the Industrial City - Saanvi Tatti https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427945799 - 500 smoking chimneys were in Manchester and more were created in the 1840’s

    - Coal-burning boilers increased because engines got bigger and were in more mills

    - Anti-pollution societies formed in the 1850’s

    - Many efforts were made to decrease smoke in Manchester

    - Gas-powered engines decreased smoke from coal

    -1956 Clean Air Act creates smokeless zones

    -Scientists realized that global warming was occurring in the 1890’s

    Second link: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/may/29/manchester-report-climate-change

    ]]>     2022-12-23 10:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427945799     The Jacquard loom-Jeremiah Patten Block 1A https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427973145
  • Created by a french weaver and merchant and was later patented in 1804
  • Named after and based off of the works of Jacques de Vaucanson
  • Made it possible for highly complex and deatailed patterns to be made cheaper and faster.
  • The loom ran on punch cards
  • Each punch card was created to make a certain design.
  • Once the cards were inserted the machines then controlled each thread resulting in the desired outcome.
  • The parts of the card that are not painted are then punched a hole into to indicate to the machine this has no paint.
  • It became VERY important as the textile and cotton industry began to boom. People saw it as an easier home method way.
  • The Jacquard loom in some ways can be held accountable for the creation of early computers
  • The punch card system would end up being very very similar to how a computing system would function.
    • EXTRA SOURCES:
    • Over time Manchester began to use more patented products by the creator of the Jacquard loom
    • The machines safety and automatic functions allowed for. Labor to be saved and used elsewhere 
    • The same punch cards used in the loom were soon adopted by and English engineer who sought to make an engine using it.

    Sources:
    https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/jacquard-loom
    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Marie-Jacquard
    ]]>     2022-12-23 11:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427973145     Manchester’s hygiene situation - Chase Gochenour https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427976050
  • Manchester’s population grew from a town of 60,000 in 1800 to 142,000 by 1842

    • Manchester’s unchecked growth led environmental conditions to rapidly degrade.

    • Manchester gained a reputation as one of the most filthy, overcrowded, and unhealthy places in Britain.

    • Death rates soared and life expectancies plummeted. In 1837, the life expectancy of the city’s inhabitants, putting the average age of death for the labouring population at just 17.

    • Diseases like typhoid and dysentery spread rapidly and the town was badly hit by outbreaks of cholera in 1832 and 1849. 

    • In 1847, of the 47,000 houses in the town, only 11,000 had a piped water supply. 

    • A further 12,000 homes relied on a shared tap or standpipe in the street, while thousands more drew their water from shallow wells or streams, which were often polluted.  
    https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/water-and-sanitation
    ]]>     2022-12-23 11:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2427976050     Aryan Srivastava - Manchester’s Spinning Machine https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2428050954
  • The spinning machine was created by Sir Richard Arkwright and clockmaker John Kay in England, 1769.
  • It revolutionized the process of making cotton items.
  • The cotton fibers passed through four pairs of rollers.
  • The rollers were geared so that the cotton would spin through the slowest ones and then the fastest ones, which would make it thinner.
  • The cotton goes to the bobbin through the hooks on the flyer. 
  • The flyers turns the cotton and the bobbin winds the thread on.
  • Drag causes a differential in speed of the bobbin and flyer, which causes it to thread the cotton.
  • You could only use the machine with hard and strong warps, and not wefts.
    • https://www.historycrunch.com/spinning-jenny-invention-in-the-industrial-revolution.html#/
    1. Before the spinning machine, labor was required to obtain cotton.
    2. This invention and others led to the factory system.
    3. The invention increased the production ability of textile manufactures and was particularly important for cotton.

    ]]>     2022-12-23 15:50:49 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2428050954     The Great Fire on Liverpool Road (Aryan Srinivasan) asriniv1 https://padlet.com/elizabethwelsh2/gjrcckgcv0b4o7yi/wish/2430394209
  • On May 23 1866 a vicious fire enraged taking two manufacturing buildings on Liverpool road
  • The two buildings that were destroyed were Cotton warehouse 1 and Cotton warehouse 2 which ended up both being completely abolished
  • Superintendent Tozer was the first to notice and was the one who brought in fire brigades from the nearby area to help calm the blaze down
  • 16 water jets were used in an attempt to extinguish the fire, but the Cotton warehouses ended up being completely in ruins after multiple attempts 
  • The original 1830 warehouse on Liverpool road was saved as the fire did not spread there due to volunteers at the brigade who made a stand at the bridge connecting the buildings
  • Although the fire was enormous in size, nobody died and only a firemen named Henry Clarke died
  • The most beneficial outcome was the moving of 100+ pigs out of the buildings, saving all but one
  • In 1869 another warehouse was built to take the place of the destroyed warehouses, named the “Bonded Warehouse”

    • https://blog.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/liverpool-road-station-fire/ (Same website different source/reading) 

    • The fire happened at 1 AM, so the streets were quiet
    • Building had highly flammable materials like oil and soap
    • By &:30, the fire was under control, although the buildings were lost

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