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Saltaire, a World Heritage Site. |
| |  | Saltaire: A successful industrial township |  |
In the midst of the Industrial Revolution, it was the ambition of Bradford’s Mayor, Titus Salt, to build a community:
“that would enjoy the beauties of the neighbourhood, and who would be a well fed, contented, and happy body of operatives…..nothing should be spared to render the dwellings of the operatives a pattern to the country”.
The result was Saltaire, a model industrial community following in the footsteps of Robert Owen’s New Lanark. More...
Words: Dave Shaw
  
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