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WIDNES

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 620 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WIDNES , a municipal See also:

borough in the Widnes See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, on the See also:Mersey, 12 M. E.S.E.from See also:Liverpool, served by the See also:London & See also:North-Western and Lancashire & See also:Yorkshire See also:railways and the See also:Cheshire lines. Pop. (See also:tool) 28,580. It is wholly of See also:modern growth, for in 1851 the See also:population was under 2000. There are capacious docks on the See also:river, which is crossed by a wrought-See also:iron See also:bridge, s000 ft. See also:long, and 95 in height, completed in 1868, and having two lines of railway and a footpath. Widnes is one of the See also:principal seats of the See also:alkali and See also:soap manufacture, and has also grease-See also:works for locomotives and waggons, See also:copper works, iron-foundries, oil and paint works and See also:sail-See also:cloth manufactories. The See also:barony of Widnes in 1554-1555 was declared to be See also:part of the duchy of See also:Lancaster. The See also:town was incorporated in 1892, and the See also:corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 3110 acres.

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