Surviving chimneys of Leeds

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Sat 01 Mar, 2008 6:33 pm

Look at any leodis picture of the industrial areas of Leeds and you will see a forest of factory chimneys.Many of these remained standing long after they became obsolete but if you look round now there aren't many left.I've taken some pictures of what has become an endangered species.

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Sat 01 Mar, 2008 6:39 pm

The famous Kirkstall Brewery chimney.It isn't leaning,that was the wind!

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Sat 01 Mar, 2008 6:43 pm

I've no idea what this building used to be but it's situated at the side of Houghley Ridge,Bramley.

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Sat 01 Mar, 2008 6:45 pm

St Marys Hospital,birth place of many Secret Leedsers,myself included.

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Sat 01 Mar, 2008 6:48 pm

Part of the now partially demolished 'Yorkshire Dyeware and Chemicals' plant on Kirkstall Road

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Sat 01 Mar, 2008 6:50 pm

The famous Marshall Mills at Holbeck

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Sat 01 Mar, 2008 6:53 pm

Not sure what it's called now but it was once a canalside mill just west of Wellington Road.

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Sat 01 Mar, 2008 6:55 pm

It was all the way up to Rawdon for these last two

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 01 Mar, 2008 8:19 pm

Whilst not surviving, you can see that Morley was not short of them in the past herehttp://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messages.aspx ... tMessage=0

Bramley4woods · Post by **Bramley4woods** » Sat 01 Mar, 2008 9:09 pm

Trojan wrote: Whilst not surviving, you can see that Morley was not short of them in the past herehttp://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messages.aspx ... tMessage=0 I do believe that there were 18 mills with chimneys in Morley and only 2 chimneys remain.The dreaded flat builders have built flats in all the currently available chapels and have taken to re-building previously demolished mills with fake mill look-alike buildings to house their "Luxury" apartments.You can't help but feel that one day the music will stop and it will be the developers who have apartment blocks in course of construction, or lots of unsold apartments at that instant that will cop for it. I always wondered how there were always lots of half built hotels in Mediterrranian resorts.