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A t this l o c a t i o n , t h e r e is a c a v i t y 40 c m s q u a r e a n d 1 - 3 m d e e p in t h e m a s o n r y ( F i g . 2 . 1 5 ) . It is b e l i e v e d t h a t o n l y t h e first 34 m of t h e d a m w a s r e c o n s t r u c t e d in m a s o n r y . W i t h a w o o d e n c a n t i l e v e r i n s e r t e d in t h e c a v i t y t o give a d d i t i o n a l s u p p o r t a n d w i t h a p r o j e c t i n g t i m b e r p i e c e i n s e r t e d in t h e slot b e l o w t o r e d u c e l e a k a g e , it is b e l i e v e d t h a t this p l a c e w a s t h e j u n c t i o n b e t w e e n t h e m a s o n r y o n o n e side a n d t h e rockfill a n d b r u s h w o o d o n t h e o t h e r s i d e .
R e f e r r i n g t o t h e P e n n i n e s , The Times wrote that They abound in narrow valleys which during winter are abundantly supplied with water from the heights. This water p o w e r has tempted manufacturers to build mills in most valleys and as one of these establishments paved the way for the construction of others, manufactur ing villages have grown up by which the eye of the traveller is pleasantly arrested as he passes eastward from Manchester across the elevated chain alluded t o .
1 H o w e v e r , the d a m m u s t have been repaired and the reservoir m a d e w a t e r t i g h t s o o n a f t e r w a r d s b e c a u s e b y m i d - M a y 1756 t h e f u r n a c e s t a r t e d m a k i n g i r o n , a n d b e f o r e l o n g it w a s a v e r a g i n g 15 t o n s a w e e k , t h e first t i m e t h a t a c o k e - f i r e d f u r n a c e h a d b e e n p r o v e d c o n c l u s i v e l y s u p e r i o r t o o n e fired w i t h c h a r c o a l . 2 The textile industry Until the eighteenth century spinning, carding and weaving were c a r r i e d o n as c o t t a g e i n d u s t r i e s b u t a c h a n g e w a s b r o u g h t a b o u t b y i n v e n t i o n s w h i c h t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e u s e of w a t e r p o w e r i n c r e a s e d p r o d u c t i v i t y e n o r m o u s l y .