A1-037b,c,e: The Great Yorshire Llama

Identifier: A1-037b,c,e
Title: The Great Yorshire Llama
Type: booklet
Format: printed
Date Created: 1952
Creator: Household Words; Dickens, Charles
Description: 1 of 5 copies of a reprint of 'The Great Yorkshire Llama' by Charles Dickens. The reprint is from Household Words Voume 6, o 140 published on Saturday November 27th 1952. 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.
Subject: Salt family; Textile industry; Salts Mill
Associated person or organisation: Salt, Titus, Sir
Associated place or event: Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Source: Gift: Woods, Clive