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What was William Cockerill’s role in the spread of industrialization?

He established the first railroad in Great Britain.
He helped bring industrialization to continental Europe.
He pioneered manufacturing methods in the United States.
He developed efficient coal mining techniques.

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He helped bring industrialization to continental Europe.

(William Cockerill was an English mechanic who moved to the Low Countries and set up factories and introduced British textile machinery and techniques, kickstarting industrialization in Belgium and beyond.)