Lancashire and nearby regions obviously have much industrial heritage associated with one of history’s most important events, the First Industrial Revolution, which was associated with the appearance of modern economic growth in England, earlier than any other region in the world. I have written here before about the Quarry Bank Mill and the Paradise Mill. Last weekend, I visited the Bolton Steam Museum, which was great. Here are some pictures.
Economic Growth in History 
Readers may enjoy the comments on Bolton’s view of its role in the Industrial Revolution and thus world economic and technological history presented in Norman Davies’ book THE ISLES ( 1999)p757.
Professor Davies was born in Bolton.
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