The former Priestroyd Mills, Huddersfield
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The former Priestroyd Mills, Huddersfield
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 2 Nov 2017
This magnificent building with a datestone of 1869 was actually part of Priestroyd Ironworks and provided machine parts for the mills rather than itself being a woollen mill. It lost the top of its hotel de ville tower in a fire in the 1970s but it has now been restored to its former glory. When I was growing up in Huddersfield in the 1970s every building was black due to the air pollution. It is now hard to appreciate this when most buildings have been cleaned. This building is most probably now associated with the university.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.639597
Longitude
-1.781862