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Photo: Rev David Long
Photo: Rev David Long
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Item #: 24989
Item #: 24989
From 'Port of Manchester - Illustrated History of the Manchester Ship Canal, 1703 - 1901'.
Close-up of the Wigan Mill from the previous pic
Close-up of the Wigan Mill from the previous pic
Comment by: Ernest Pyke on 17th March 2014 at 07:58
Extract from:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rylands
"John Rylands (7 February 1801 – 11 December 1888) was an English entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He was the owner of the largest textile manufacturing concern in the United Kingdom and Manchester's first multi-millionaire.
His estate was valued at £2,574,922 (£243 million as of 2014), greater than that left by any other cotton manufacturer to that time.
Rev David; Have you visited John Rylands library? See:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rylands_Library.
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