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New Lanark Cotton Mill

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December 1st 2007
The New Lanark Cotton Mill was built in the late 18th Century, Robert Owen took over and greatly improved the lives of the workers through education, reducing working hours, and providing better accomodation and food...I'd still rather not work in a cotton mill though. Here are more details: http://www.newlanark.org/ We caught the train out early on Saturday 1st December morning ( the 1st d ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more