Time Team Excavation Site Manchester (Manchester)

United Kingdom / England / Manchester
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This is Manchester city centre and behind all these posh shops lies a story that changed Britain and the world, and it's all down to this stuff, cotton.

It's only just over 200 years ago that cotton cloth started to be manufactured in this country, and Manchester soon became the powerhouse and driving force behind the new cotton industry.

The building at the heart of this story lies here in the city centre and it revolutionised British society. Built in 1780, on this spot was the first cotton mill in Manchester.

Today it's buried under this car park, and we've got just three days to locate and retrieve one of the most important historic sites in Britain.
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Coordinates:   53°29'14"N   2°14'12"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago