Facts about Middlesex

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   During the 1880s, Middlesex became home to the Kodak factory at Wealdstone, which manufactured photographic plates and established Britain's first major center for film production technology.

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   Jeffrey Eugenides won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2003 for Middlesex, his novel tracing a Greek-American family across three generations.

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   Middlesex produced over 80 percent of England's silk in the 18th century, with Spitalfields becoming the nation's primary weaving district.

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   Heathrow Airport, located in Middlesex until 1965, handled approximately 3.7 million passengers annually by the late 1950s, establishing it as Europe's busiest aviation hub.

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   In 1965, the Local Government Act reorganized Middlesex into 32 London boroughs, effectively abolishing the historic county after over 1,000 years of existence.

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   The River Colne, which flows through Middlesex, historically powered over 30 watermills during the medieval period.

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