Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,499 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
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Throughout much of the 19th century, the main industries in the town were flax spinning and linen weaving. To cope with increasing demand for the imports of flax, timber and hemp and exports of coal, salt and linen, a new wet dock and pier was built at the harbour between 1843 and 1846.
A further expansion of the harbour was later completed between 1906 and 1908 to meet the demand for both linoleum and coal
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