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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 733 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WINSFORD , an See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district in the See also:

NORTHWICH

Northwich See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

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

division of See also:

CHESHIRE

Cheshire, See also:

England, on the See also:

RIVER

river See also:

WEAVER, JAMES BAIRD (1833- )

Weaver, 6 m. S. of Northwich, on the See also:

LONDON

London & See also:

North-Western railway and the Cheshire lines. Pop. (1901) 10,382. In the See also:

TOWN

town, which is only second to Northwich in this respect, large quantities of See also:

salt are raised and conveyed to See also:

Liverpool for exportation; being shipped in flats down the Weaver, which has been rendered navigable by an elaborate See also:

SYSTEM

system of locks. See also:

Rock-salt is procured, as well as that obtained from the brine-pools. See also:

BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

Boat-See also:

BUILDING

building is an important accompanying 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, and more than See also:

HALF

half a million tons of salt are shipped annually. Owing to the pumping of the brine, large tracts of See also:

LAND

land have been submerged, and there is thus a See also:

CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant danger to houses. The See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

BRIDGE

bridge across the Weaver, which was built in 1856, had to be raised thrice in the following twenty-six years. The town has received much benefit from philanthropists, See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

Joseph Verdin providing a technical school, and Sir See also:

John See also:

BRUNNER, HENRY (184o– )

Brunner a See also:

GUILDHALL

guildhall and other buildings.

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