<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Verbania-Intra" class="mw-redirect" title="Verbania-Intra">Verbania-Intra</a> (Italy). <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Plaque" class="mw-redirect" title="Plaque">Plaque</a> commemorating the first steam looms operating in Italy, beginning with 1808. Several circumstances (abundance of water, wood, manpower, easy transport routes, a previous tradition in manufacture) made possible in 19th century a boom in textile workshops. With more than a bit of exhaggeration Intra was therefore dubbed "the Italian Manchester".  Picture by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>, September 8 2007.
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