The Industrial Revolution happened during the second half of the eighteenth century in Wales.
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Manufacturers decided to build factories close to coal mines because it was expensive to transport steel.
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Factories required a lot of coal for the steam engines.
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Work changed with the building of small factories.
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Factories needed cotton and iron for the manufacture of steel.
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Industry in the UK developed near the coal fields of South Wales, the Midlands, North-East England and Central Scotland.
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