< 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
DENTON, an urban district in the Gorton parliamentary division of Lancashire, England, 412 m. N.E. from Stockport, on the London & North-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 14,934. In the township are reservoirs for the water supply of Manchester, with a capacity of 1,860,000,000 gallons. The manufacture of felt hats is the leading industry. Coal is extensively mined in the district.
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