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For over two hundred years, Manchester's development has been inextricably entwined with the rise and fall of the nationÆs fortunes. In transport terms alone, Manchester led the way with the first real canal, the first real railway, the first public bus services and the first municipal airport. The social and economic problems that grew up with Manchester's new order became matters of national concern. In addition, beneath the streets, evidence is to be found of some two thousand years of occupation, from when the Romans built their first mud and timber fort in a damp and hostile outpost of their empire.
