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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 54 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DENTON , an See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district in the See also:

Gorton See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

LANCASHIRE

Lancashire, See also:

England, 41 M. N.E. from See also:

STOCKPORT

Stockport, on the See also:

LONDON

London & See also:

North-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 14,934. In the township are reservoirs for the See also:

WATER

water See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of See also:

Manchester, with a capacity of 1,86o,000,000 gallons. The manufacture of See also:

FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt hats is the leading See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry. See also:

COAL

Coal is extensively See also:

MINED

mined in the district.

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