A1-036: The Great Yorkshire Llama

Identifier: A1-036
Title: The Great Yorkshire Llama
Type: document
Format: printed
Date Created: 1852
Publisher: Household Words
Description: Photocopy of 'Household Words' (Nov. 27th 1852) with an article entitled 'The Great Yorkshire Llama'. Household Words was a weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens. The article tells a story of how Titus Salt allegedley discovered surplus alpaca wool in 1836 and started experimenting with it to produce cloth. This led to a very successful textile business and, as the article was being written, the construction of a large new mill in what was to become Saltaire. See also https://www.djo.org.uk/household-words/volume-vi/page-250.html
Subject: Salts Mill; Textile industry
Associated person or organisation: Salt, Titus, Sir
Associated place or event: Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Source: Gift: Woods, Clive