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Description: | 1963.
Image shows part of J.& S. Rhodes' Valley Mills on Valley Road. The mill had been closed as a textile factory for several years before this picture was taken. For some years after it was used as a store for bones which were ground up to make bonemeal fertiliser. Whilst this activity was in operation the mill had a large fire and was left gutted. Later the shell was demolished. The ORCOL (Oil Recoveries) factory, which had established itself on the old gasworks site next door, later spread on the land that was once the Valley Mill. The railway carriages in the foreground also disappeared soon after this picture was taken due to vandalism of the coaches and less demand for day trips to the west coast. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Valley Road Valley Mills | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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