Describe the reasons why the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was built and who supported it?

...>> Describe the reasons why the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was built and who supported it? After the demise of the domestic system, by machines and factories built by engineers like Crompton, Arkwright and Cartwright, people moved to the cities and began to get jobs and set up home in these large cities, this boom was known as the 'Industrial Revolution.' Liverpool and Manchester were the two main centres of the revolution; by the beginning of the nineteenth century, they were becoming important industrial centres. "Liverpool grew rapidly as a port. In 1748, only 476 ships used Liverpool. In 1800, it was 4746 and by 1825, it was 19, 837...In 1792 Liverpool imported only 503 bags of American cotton. 1822, just 30 years later, 289, 989 bags came in." 1 There was an increasing demand for goods in both cities, "The cotton trade between the cities was doubling every 10 years..." 2 Despite having

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