Chester at Work: People and Industries Through the Years

by Stanley C Jenkins, Stewart Shuttleworth, Stanley C. Jenkins

Today service industries predominate in Chester such as tourism, retail, public administration and financial services. This was not always the case, given the city's location on the River Dee and its strategic military position. Chester was a port with ancillary industries from Roman times. In he mid-eighteenth century the port declined due to silting of the Dee and the rise of Liverpool. However, some port-related industries remained and a reduced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445691434
• ISBN13: 9781445691435
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"