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MANCHESTER ROYAL EXCHANGE.
The square to the left is St Anns Square.
In this building was the trading floor for the Lancashire (and area) cotton industry.
This was the third Cotton exchange in Manchester and was designed by Mills & Murgatroyd, constructed between 1867 and 1874. It was extended and modified by Bradshaw Gass & Hope between 1914 and 1931 to form the largest trading hall in England. The trading hall had three domes and was double the size of the current hall.
The exchange was seriously damaged during World War II - its interior was rebuilt with a smaller trading area. The top stages of the clock tower, which had been destroyed, were replaced in a simpler form. Trading ceased in 1968.
The very large open interior now contains the Royal Exchange Theatre, in a "theatre in the round" suspended from the pillars - the floor would not take the weight.
The image is of the Trading Board in the trading hall taken by Bob Skingle in 2001. Image not to be reproduced without permission; Copyright English Heritage.
For full details please see: http://www.englishheritagearchives.org.uk/SingleResult/Default.aspx?
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