Lancashire cotton industry

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lancashire_cotton_industry
GPTKB entity
Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical industry
gptkbp:beganIn late 18th century
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:declinedAfter gptkb:Great_Depression
gptkb:World_War_I
20th century
competition from India
competition from Japan
loss of colonial markets
gptkbp:employs child labor
mill workers
women workers
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite gptkb:Helmshore_Mills_Textile_Museum
gptkb:Queen_Street_Mill
gptkb:Museum_of_Science_and_Industry,_Manchester
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lancashire cotton industry
gptkbp:industry printing
bleaching
dyeing
textile machinery manufacturing
gptkbp:keyEvent gptkb:Cotton_Famine
gptkb:Lancashire_Cotton_Strike_of_1912
gptkb:Industrial_Revolution
Lancashire Cotton Corporation formation
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Lancashire
gptkbp:mainExports gptkb:China
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:India
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Manchester
gptkb:Rochdale
gptkb:Bury
gptkb:Burnley
gptkb:Bolton
gptkb:Oldham
gptkb:Accrington
gptkb:Ashton-under-Lyne
gptkb:Blackburn
Preston
gptkbp:material gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:India
gptkb:American_South
gptkbp:notableCompany gptkb:Horrockses,_Crewdson_&_Co.
gptkb:Lancashire_Cotton_Corporation
gptkb:Platt_Brothers
gptkb:Tootal_Broadhurst_Lee
gptkbp:peakPeriod 19th century
gptkbp:product cotton textiles
gptkbp:provides steam engines
water power
gptkbp:technology gptkb:spinning_mule
power loom
carding machine
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cottonopolis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5