History A-Level
Raw material supply and bulk distribution
What Raw material supply and bulk distribution means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Raw material supply and bulk distribution
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The canal carried heavy and bulky raw materials such as clay and coal into the potteries and finished china out to markets.
Topics that use Raw material supply and bulk distribution
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 1 Josiah Wedgwood: china and canals, 1759–87 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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