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The first
wet dock was built here in 1715. Liverpool's first trade was with the West
Indies and North America in the 17th century, and the countries in those parts
of the world have remained prominent in the activities of the port. Tobacco,
sugar and cotton were the first imports, while today Liverpool serves an
extensive industrial hinterland, importing most of the raw materials and
foodstuffs and exporting the manufactured products. Thus the imports include
raw cotton, wool, hemp, metal ores, timber, tobacco, petrol, vegetable seeds
and human provisions chiefly grain, fruit and sugar. Owing to its position on
the west coast, Liverpool is the main port for the Irish traffic. The port
serves passengers bound for many parts of the world, though those destined for
North America are most numerous. Industrial development in the city is
concerned primarily with the processing and packing of food products, since
facilities for heavy industries are limited, but there are large new
industrial estates owned by the city at Speke, Kirkby and Aintree. Both the
Anglican and Roman Catholic communities have been engaged in building fine new
cathedrals this century.
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