Blackburn, Cotton and the Industrial Revolution The arrival of the textile industry in the 1700s dramatically transformed Blackburn from a relatively small market town to the largest cotton weaving town in Lancashire http: //genealogy.org/~slassey/cotton.htm
Charles Goodyear Charles Goodyear http: //invent.org/hall_of_fame/68.html
FSW's Links to 19th and 20th Century Architecture and Design - The Aesthetic Mov 19th and 20th Century Architectural History links to sites which illustrate the work of architects from the 1870s to the 1930s, a period when regional styles, decorative detail and hand craftsmanship flourished. http: //fswarchitects.com/links.html