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Which asset made Belgium a good place to establish the first industrialized textile manufacturer in continental Europe?

natural resources
railroad infrastructure
skilled workers
active entrepreneurship

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natural resources

Belgium’s rich coal (and iron) deposits — especially in Wallonia — supplied the fuel and raw materials needed to power steam-driven textile mills, making it ideal for the first industrialized textile manufacturing on the continent.