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Saltaire
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Sir Titus Salt
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Sir Titus Salt (20 September 1803 - 29 December 1876) was born in Morley and was
a manufacturer and benefactor in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. His father
was Daniel Salt who was a successful businessman and was able to send Titus to
Heath Grammar School in Halifax.
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Salt went to Batley Grammar School before starting work as a Wool stapler in
Wakefield. After two years joined his father's family business in Bradford in
1824. In 1833 he took over the running of the business and within twenty years
he had expanded it to be the largest employer in Bradford. In 1848 Titus Salt
became Mayor of Bradford.
The smoke and pollution emanating from local mills in Bradford was acknowledged
to come from the many factory chimneys and Salt tried unsuccessfully to get this
pollution cleaned up using a device called the Rodda Smoke Burner.
Titus was the first to manufacture alpaca fabrics in England. In 1853, he
established a model village for factory workers at Saltaire, three miles from
Bradford, in the River Aire valley. He also built his largest mill there and had
it fitted with the antipollution device. Sir Titus was a "tee-totaller".
Titus Salt was a benefactor to the Congregational Church. The entry on Saltaire
discusses the extent to which he was motivated by religion.
He also was a Liberal Member of Parliament. His funeral was reputedly attended
by 100,000 people.
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The smoke and pollution emanating from local mills in Bradford was acknowledged
to come from the many factory chimneys and Salt tried unsuccessfully to get this
pollution cleaned up using a device called the Rodda Smoke Burner.
Titus was the first to manufacture alpaca fabrics in England. In 1853, he
established a model village for factory workers at Saltaire, three miles from
Bradford, in the River Aire valley. He also built his largest mill there and had
it fitted with the antipollution device. Sir Titus was a "tee-totaller".
Titus Salt was a benefactor to the Congregational Church. The entry on Saltaire
discusses the extent to which he was motivated by religion.
He also was a Liberal Member of Parliament. His funeral was reputedly attended
by 100,000 people.
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