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Fairbairn, William William was a leading British engineer and was contracted by Titus Salt to design the interior of Salts Mill. William's significant engineering skills enabled the mill to operate smoothly and perform all the functions that took raw materials through the series of processes required to make high quality cloth. William was responsible for the Mill's iron structure, the lay-out of the machinery, the design and manufacture of the boilers, steam engines and line-shafting. He also designed a tubular-girder bridge over the river Aire that runs through the village. Fairbairn published his plans for the mill in a book that ran to four editions and was translated into French and Spanish. He was justly proud of Salts Mill, his largest work of mill construction. -
2020.21: Sir William Fairbairn A portrait drawing of Sir William Fairbairn, the leading Victorian engineer, published in the Supplement to the Illustrated London News 29 August 1974 following his death.Farirbairn helped to design Salts Mill -
B1-425: On the Application of Cast & Wrought Iron to Building Purposes Copy of 'On the Application of Cast & Wrought Iron to Building Purposes' by William Fairbairn (US edition). Fairbairn was a leading Victorian engineer who helped to design Salts Mill. -
B1-459: On the Application of Cast Iron to Building Purposes The Saltaire section of: 'On the Application of Cast Iron to Building Purposes' by the leadign Victorian mill engineer William Fairbairn. Fairbairn helped to design Salts MIll.