Former AGFA factory, Seacroft
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Former AGFA factory, Seacroft
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 24 Feb 2024
A large industrial building, 2.6 hectares in area. The plant (originally Howson-Algraphy, part of the Vickers empire) was opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II and made lithographic plates, "arguably the leading printing plate production facility in the world" according to one source. It was sold to Agfa in 1999, and employed up to 900 people. In later years the workforce numbered under 100 and it closed in October 2020, presumably as a result of film and journalism going digital. Part of the site was sold for the Hawthorns housing development, but the main factory building remains vacanct as of early 2024.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.831208
Longitude
-1.46286