Lancashire and Cheshire Past and Present. A history and description of the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester ... ; with an account of the rise and progress of manufactures and commerce and civil and mechanical engineering ... by William Fairbairn

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William Fairbairn's substantial contribution covers wide ranging aspects of the industries, notably the infrastructure, of Cheshire and Lancashire but all have a strong technical bias. Particular sections are: 'Description of the town and harbour of Barrow in Furness'; 'Iron bridges and iron shipbuilding'; 'Primemovers and the machinery of transmission'; 'Cotton trade'; 'Civil engineering'; 'Supply of water to Manchester'; 'Supply of water to Liverpool'; 'Docks and harbours of Lancashire and Cheshire'; etc