Salt's New Mill

Made:
1985-1987 in Steeton
photographer:
Ian Beesley

Ian Beesley/Science Museum Group
© Ian Beesley

Gelatine silver reproduction print entitled 'Salt's New Mill' by Ian Beesley. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'.1985-1987'.

This mill was built by Titus Salt in 1868 as a spinning mill to make use of spare steam power at the works. The chimney is a copy of the campanile of the Venetian church of Santa Maria, Gloriosa.

[Table 87: Through the Mill - The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs, by Ian Beesley and Introduction by Gary Firth]

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1991-5061/111
Measurements:
overall: 363 mm x 293 mm
type:
silver gelatin print
taxonomy:
  • derivative object
  • copy - derivative object
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford