CHAP. VII. 



<;i!o\VTH OF MANCHESTER. 



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result ini^'lit have been altogether different; and the 

 valleys of Wilts, the coal ami iron fields of Wales, and 



the estuary of the Severn, might have been what South 

 Lancashire and the Mersey are now. Were statues any 

 proof of merit, the Duke would long since have had 

 the highest statue in Manchester as well as Liverpool 

 erected to his memory, and that of Brindley would have 

 been found standing by his side ; for they were both 

 heroes of industry and of peace, though even in com- 

 mercial towns men of war are sometimes more honoured. 

 We can only briefly glance at the extraordinary 

 growth of Manchester since the formation of the Duke's 

 canal, as indicated by the annexed plan. 



PLAN OF MANCHESTER, SHOWING ITS E>: THREE PERIODS. 



Ih" pins print<d black ^j represent Manchester in 1770 ; those d irk-shaded ^ show its extent 

 in ISQI ; and the lii^lit-sliaded parts &\ Mancliester at the presen : 



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