Former Yorkshire Copper works

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Former Yorkshire Copper works

Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 7 Dec 2016

See also Image Allegedly the largest manufacturing site in Leeds at 120 acres and employing 5,000 people at its peak, Yorkshire Copper became Yorkshire Imperial Metals (part of ICI) in 1958, and after further reorganisations and renamings finally closed as a metals factory in 1998. Source: https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/your-leeds/copper-archives-must-be-saved-1-2102423 I'm not sure what the use of the site is now.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.771308
Longitude
-1.495032