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    10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT... QUARRY BANK CHESHIRE

    Mar 19, 2020 1 minute

    1 Quarry Bank is one of the only Georgian water-powered cotton mills still operating in the UK. The cotton trade was one of the driving forces of the Industrial Revolution and the growth of Britain’s fortunes.

    2 The mill’s founder,

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