Title

Saltaire, Yorkshire, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Saltaire, Yorkshire, 19th century. Saltaire was a model textile factory and town near Bradford,Yorkshire, founded by Titus Salt (1803-1876) in 1851. Shops, a library and other facilities were provided for the workers, but no public houses as Salt was a teetotaller. The town was built on the Leeds and Liverpool canal for ease of transport of the factory's raw materials and finished goods.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1851

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B64_071

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,0Mb (4,2Mb) / 12,2in x 9,5in / 3674 x 2858 (300dpi)

Keywords

river building buildings England event town industry manufacturing country pollution housing trade British geography English color colour industrial chimney factory mill location Victorian century Britain wool town planning textile industry industrial revolution West Yorkshire 19th century Bradford nineteenth century textile mill Oxford Science Archive Aire geographical feature industrial town River Aire Saltaire textile manufacturing TGN woollen industry engraving landscape Unknown Titus Titus Salt Salt Sir Titus Salt Titus Salt engraving landscape