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This blue commemorative plaque records: John Horrocks 1768-1804 Pioneer cotton manufacturer He built Preston’s first steam-powered cotton mill on this site in 1796. Recorded plaque organisation: Preston & South Ribble Civic Trust, Millennium Festival Awards For All.
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- Andrew Gritt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Stephen Richards, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Paul Collins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Gerald England, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Alexander P Kapp, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Christopher Clark, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Peter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Stephen McKay, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- This file is from the Mechanical Curator collection , a set of over 1 million images scanned from out-of-copyright books and released to Flickr Commons by the British Library. View in BL Georeferencer View image on Flickr View all images from book View catalogue entry for book ., Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Carroll Pierce, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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