Cottonopolis
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Cottonopolis was a 19th-century nickname for Manchester, as it was a metropolis and the centre of the cotton industry.
Manchester from Kersal Moor, by William Wyld in 1852. Manchester acquired the nickname "Cottonopolis" during the early 19th century owing to its many textile factories.
McConnel & Company's cotton mills in Ancoats, c. 1820
Asia House, one of Manchester's packing warehouses
38 and 42 Mosley Street, designed by Edward Walters was built in 1880 for the Manchester and Salford Bank.
Manchester cotton warehouses
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In the final half of the 19th century Manchester's reputation as a financial and commercial centre was boosted by the unprecedented number of warehouses erected in the city centre. In 1806 there were
Watts Warehouse, Portland Street
The entrance to 101 Portland Street