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• Bath and Wash House, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Titus Salt built the Bath and Wash houses in 1863 at a cost of £7000 (over £600,000 today). These housed 24 baths, 12 each for men and women and a Turkish bath. A warm bath would cost 6d. and a cold one 3d. The wash house contained everything people would need to wash and dry their clothes: 48 washing, rinsing and steam tubs, 48 drying closets, a steam dryer and mangles, meaning clothes could be cleaned and dried in under 1 hour. As in the rest of the North of England, the Bath and Wash Houses did not prove popular. People preferred to bathe in the privacy of their own homes and wash clothes in their own kitchen where they could also complete other tasks. The buildings were converted into houses in the late 1800s before being completely demolished in 1936. Today, a community garden has been planted on the site, following consultation with residents in 2011.
• C3b-046.2: Drawings for the Bath and Wash house

  Original Architects drawings for the Bath and Wash house, which was located on Caroline Street. This is the plan for a cross section of the building showing the plumbing, windows and giving an indication of the shape of the building.
• C3b-046.2.2: Drawings for the Bath and Wash house

  Laminated copy of Original Architects drawings for the Bath and Wash house, which was located on Caroline Street. This is the plan for a cross section of the building showing the plumbing, windows and giving an indication of the shape of the building.
• C3b-046.3.2: Drawings for the Bath and Wash house

  Laminated copy of Original Architects drawings for the Bath and Wash house, which was located on Caroline Street. These plans are for the basement of the building, anotated 43, approved 1862 January 31st, Jo Thompson Clerk.
• B1-333e: Titus Salts Bath & Washouses

  Copy of the front cover of booklet 'Titus Salts Bath & Washouses'
• C1-015: Plan of the bath and wash house

  Coloured copy of plan of the layout of the Bath and Wash house on Caroline Street, Saltaire, 1862
• C1-017: vertical view of the Bath and Wash House

  Coloured copy of plan of the vertical view of the Bath and Wash-house on Caroline Street, Saltaire 1862
• C3a-092: Saltaire-Wash & Bath-houses

  Photocopy of spiral bound booklet 'Saltaire-Wash & Bath-houses' with drawings by Percy W. Price
• C3b-046.1: Bath and Wash house, containing enevelope

  Envelope which contained the original Architects drawings for the Bath and Wash house, which was adressed to Sir Titus Salt - now empty
• C3b-046.3: Drawings for the Bath and Wash house

  Original Architects drawings for the Bath and Wash house, which was located on Caroline Street. These plans are for the basement of the building, anotated 43, approved 1862 January 31st, Jo Thompson Clerk.
• C1-016a-b: Saltaire village - Maps & Plans

  2 Black and White copies of plan of the layout of the Bath & Wash-house 1862
• C1-018a-c: Saltaire village - Maps & Plans

  3 Black and White copies of plan of the vertical view of the Bath & Wash-house 1862
• 2018.9.3.3.2: Loose news cuttings, 1905-1915

  Loose press cuttings kept by Isabel Salt, 1905-1915. Comprises: - 'Burley Women Liberals - Annual Meeting' (29.10.1909) - 'Saltaire Hospital Re-opening', The Yorkshire Post (03.11.1909) - 'The Saltaire Hospital - Re-opening After Extension', The Yorkshire Observer (03.11.1909) - 'Saltaire Hospital - Re-opening Ceremony', Times & Express (05.11.1909) - 'The Liberal Campaign - meeting. Miss Salt speaker', The Bath Herald (03.01.1910) - 'Liberal Meeting', with speech by Isabel Salt, The Wiltshire Times (08.01.1910) - 'Shipley Women Liberals - Address by Miss Salt', Times & Express (11.11.1910) - 'Yorkshire Women Liberals Conference', The Yorkshire Observer (05.04.1911) -'Wisdom While You Wait' (including quote from Miss Salt), The Morning Leader, London (06.04.1911) - 'Liberal Conference at Yeadon', The Ilkley Free Press & Addingham Courier (07.04.1911) - 'Wharfedale Board of Guardians - Salary Question Discussed', [The Ilkely Free Press & Addingham Courier] ([7].04.1911) - 'Denton - Change of Tenancy of the Hall', The Ilkley Gazette (06.05.1911) - Flyer for Outdoor Gathering, Ipswich Women's Liberal Association, address by Isabel Salt (20.07.1911) - 'Otley Women Liberals - Miss Salt's Views of the Coal Crisis & Disestablishment - address by Miss Salt', [Wharfedale Observer] [08.03.1912] - 'The Deeper Side of the White Slave Traffic Problem', letter to the editor from Isabel Salt, [Ilkley Free Press] [29.11.1912] - 'The Deeper Side of the White Slave Traffic' (letter to the editor), [6.12.1912] - 'Ilkley PSA - Miss Salt of Denton Hall on 'Good Citizenship', The Ilkley Free Press [1912] - Letter from Yorkshire Council of Women's Liberal Associations re meeting in Leeds (16.06.1915) - Programme for Annual Meeting of Yorkshire Council of Women's Liberal Associations, Leeds (chaired by Miss Salt) (18.10.1915) - 'Women Liberals. Yorkshire Associations conference in Leeds', Yorkshire Evening News (18.10.1915) - 'Women Discuss War-time Economies' (article re Yorkshire Council of Women's Liberal Associations meeting in Leeds), 'Miss Salt elected as President', Daily News & Leader (19.10.1915) - 'Yorkshire Women Liberals - Meeting in Leeds - Solving the Problems of War-time' (annual meeting of the Yorkshire Council of Women's Liberal Associations - Miss Salt president), The Yorkshire Observer (19.10.1915) - 'Yorkshire Women Liberals. Discussion of War Topics at Annual Meeting', The Yorkshire Post (19.10.1915) - 'Women and War Problems - Prospects of a Sex Conflict', Leeds Mercury (19.10.1915)
• C2b-102/18/1: Saltaire washouse (1)

  Saltaire washouse (1). One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
• C2b-102/18/2: Saltaire washouse (2)

  Saltaire washouse (2). One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
• C3b-025: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)

  A letter from No.6 Bath Houses, Edward Street.
• C3b-026: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)

  A letter from No.6 Bath Houses, Edward Street
• C3b-047.1: Original plans for the conversion of the Wash-house into houses

  Large envelope for the large scale drawing to show the plans for the conversion of the Wash-house into houses. The envelope was anotated Addressed to Sir Titus Salt Bart.Sons & Co Ltd. Plan for alterations of wash House and Baths into 10 Dwelling Houses at Saltaire Shipley No 1114 - now empty
• C3b-047.2: Original plans for the conversion of the Wash-house into houses

  Large scale drawing to show the plans for the conversion of the Wash-house into houses
• C3b-047.3: Original plans for the conversion of the Wash-house into houses

  Large scale drawing to show the plans for the conversion of the Wash-house into houses - External view. Addressed to Sir Titus Salt Bart.Sons & Co Ltd. Plan for alterations of wash House and Baths into 10 Dwelling Houses at Saltaire Shipley No 1114