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stoieys high, 550 feet in length, 50 feet in width, and about 

 72 feet in height ; and the architectural figures, to avoid mono- 

 tony, have been most skilfully treated by the architects. A 

 bold Italian style has been adopted ; and the beautiful quality 

 Df the stone of which the whole is massively built, displays its 

 features to great advantage. Immediately behind the centre 

 of the main mill, and at right angles to it, runs another 

 six-storey building devoted to warehouse purposes, such as 

 the reception and examination of the newly manufactured 

 goods ; and on either side of this, again, lie the combing 

 shed (or apartment where the fibres of the alpaca, mohair, 

 wool, etc., are combed by machinery), the handsome range 

 of buildings devoted to offices, and the great shed for weaving 

 by power-looms. It was in the combing shed that, in 1853, 

 3500 of Sir [then Mr.] Titus Salt's guests sat down to dinner, 

 without confusion or crowding, and with perfect ventilation. 

 The great loom shed would have accommodated under its 

 single roof a party twice as numerous as this. Arranged 

 in convenient situations are washing-rooms, packing-rooms, 

 drying-rooms, and mechanics' shops. In the formation of 

 the new roads which were requisite to secure free and easy 

 access to the different parts of the mills, Sir Titus Salt 

 availed himself of the most recent experience ; therefore 

 we find bridges of the most durable and solid construction, 

 both in cast and wrought iron, one of these viaducts, on 

 the tubular girder system, crossing the canal and river Aire, 

 being not less than 450 feet in length.' 



When Lord Harewood questioned him as to the change 

 of his views in the building of Saltaire, he replied, *My 

 Lord, I had made up my mind to do this very thing, but 

 on reflection I determined otherwise. In the first place. 



