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|cap=New Lanark and the Clyde, Lanarkshire | |cap=New Lanark and the Clyde, Lanarkshire | ||
|text='''New Lanark''' is a village in [[Lanarkshire]], standing by the River Clyde, approximately | |text='''New Lanark''' is a village in [[Lanarkshire]], standing by the River Clyde, approximately a mile and a half from Lanark, the county town, and some twenty-five miles south-east of Glasgow. | ||
New Lanark was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills and housing for the mill workers. Dale built the mills in partnership with the Lancashire entrepreneur Richard Arkwright to take advantage of the water power provided by the only waterfalls on the River Clyde. Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, a social reformer from Montgomeryshire, made New Lanark a successful business but also an epitome of utopian living as well as an early example of a planned settlement. Industry has gone, but today this is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.}}<noinclude> | New Lanark was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills and housing for the mill workers. Dale built the mills in partnership with the Lancashire entrepreneur Richard Arkwright to take advantage of the water power provided by the only waterfalls on the River Clyde. Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, a social reformer from Montgomeryshire, made New Lanark a successful business but also an epitome of utopian living as well as an early example of a planned settlement. Industry has gone, but today this is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.}}<noinclude> | ||
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