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The Duke employed craftsmen to service a wide range of industries including boat-making, plastering, blacksmithing and mining.
A local quarry supplied limestone, for which a kiln was constructed at the junction of Barton Road ( B5211 ) and Stableford Road.
A quarry at the Delph supplied building materials for the region, including the stone used to construct Brindley's aqueduct.
In a diary entry of 1773, Josiah Wedgwood wrote of the area " We next visited Worsley which has the appearance of a considerable Seaport Town.
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