The first Waterworks were constructed near Packer Street around 1770.
The first Sunday School in 1782 was established by James Hamilton in White Bear Passage, Blackwater Street.
The first Steam engine in 1787 was at Smallbridge and was used for lifting coal out of a pit.
The first Stage Coach in Rochdale which ran to Manchester was introduced in 1790.
The first cotton mill in 1795 was at Hanging Road.
The first bank in Rochdale was opened in 1819.
In 1824 Gas was first introduced for lighting the town.
In 1827 the Rochdale Recorder was first published.
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