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This is a city built upon industry; before heavy industry it was an insignificant town. Its historic industries were shipbuilding, tobacco production, rope-making and linen (while Manchester was named "Cottonopolis, Belfast was "Linenopolis"). Harland and Wolff, (which built the ill-fated ''Titanic'') propelled Belfast on to the global stage in the early 20th century as the largest and most productive shipyard in the world. Belfast played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, establishing its place as a global industrial centre until the latter half of the 20th century. | This is a city built upon industry; before heavy industry it was an insignificant town. Its historic industries were shipbuilding, tobacco production, rope-making and linen (while Manchester was named "Cottonopolis, Belfast was "Linenopolis"). Harland and Wolff, (which built the ill-fated ''Titanic'') propelled Belfast on to the global stage in the early 20th century as the largest and most productive shipyard in the world. Belfast played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, establishing its place as a global industrial centre until the latter half of the 20th century. | ||
Industrialisation and the inward migration it brought made Belfast the largest city in Ireland for a time, and a model of industrial and economic success}}<noinclude> | Industrialisation and the inward migration it brought made Belfast the largest city in Ireland for a time, and a model of industrial and economic success.}}<noinclude> | ||
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