1 5 6 RISEN B Y PERSE VERANCE. 



without one single public-house. Mr. Salt erected a Con- 

 gregational church in the centre of the buildings at a cost 

 of ;^i 6,000. 



• The Saltaire mills,' writes a good authority, * are situated 

 in one of the most beautiful parts of the romantic valley 

 of the Aire. The site has been selected with uncommon 

 judgment as regards its fitness for the economical working 

 of a great manufacturing establishment. The estate is 

 bounded by highways and railways, which penetrate to the 

 very centre of the building, and is intersected by both canal 

 and river. Admirable water is obtained for the use of the 

 steam-engines, and for the different processes of the manu- 

 facture. By the distance of the mills from the smoky and 

 cloudy atmosphere of a large town, unobstructed and good 

 light is secured; whilst, both by land and water, direct 

 communication is gained for the importation of coal and all 

 other raw produce on the one hand, and for the exportation 

 and delivery of manufactured goods on the other. Both 

 porterage and cartage are entirely superseded; and every 

 other circumstance which could tend to economize produc- 

 tion has been carefully considered. The estate on which 

 Saltaire is built will gradually develop itself to a considerable 

 extent ; and the part appropriated to the works, which is 

 literally covered with buildings, is not less than six and a 

 half acres in extent. Here the heavy operations of the manu- 

 facture are carried on ; but the superficies given to the 

 several processes and to the storage of goods, or, in other 

 words, the floor area of the establishment, is in all about 

 twelve acres. The main range of buildings, or the mill proper, 

 runs from east to west, nearly parallel with the lines of railway 

 from Shipley to Skipton and Lancaster. This pile is six 



