Chimney base, Calder Dye Works, Birds Royd, Rastrick
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Chimney base, Calder Dye Works, Birds Royd, Rastrick
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 8 Apr 2006
The dyeworks started before 1850 as the Calder Dye Works (Silk and Cotton). Now some of the buildings have been demolished, leaving a way through from Dyehouse Lane to Foundry Street. From this way the base of a red-brick factory chimney can be seen.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.697827
Longitude
-1.774291