mrblack0301
Posts : 27 Join date : 2011-08-05
| Subject: Economy and industry Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:10 am | |
| Somerset has few industrial centres, but it does have a variety of light industry and high technology businesses, along with traditional agriculture and an increasingly important tourism sector, resulting in an unemployment rate of 2.5%.[55] Bridgwater was developed during the Industrial Revolution as the area's leading port. The River Parrett was navigable by large ships as far as Bridgwater. Cargoes were then loaded onto smaller boats at Langport Quay, next to the Bridgwater Bridge, to be carried further up river to Langport;[56] or they could turn off at Burrowbridge and then travel via the River Tone to Taunton.[42] osoLong Evening Dress | |
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