How far do these sources offer support for the view that Saltaire was built in response to the poor living and working conditions in Bradford?

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How far do these sources offer support for the view that Saltaire was built in response to the poor living and working conditions in Bradford?

Saltaire was built near a close town called Shipley. It was built by Sir Titus Salt. There has been a developing debate growing over the years on the motives of Salt building the villages. This has been due to the lacking of evidence available to the fact that salt left very little primary evidence as he was not a very good public speaker or writer.

There have been many capitalistic and paternalistic reasons. Many historians believe that Saltaire was built for capitalistic reasons. The reasons behind this are that salt built washhouses and created fines.

The living conditions at the time in Bradford were dreadful. Bradford has been described at the time to be one of the filthiest towns

The town had no proper sewage and water supply. The main water supply was the river which was later known as the “River stink”.  Here people washed themselves and their clothes. Sometimes the clothes were not even clean because the water was mostly dirty. The river was also used as a human toilet waste

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The lack of drainage meant sewage could not be taken away and so therefore cesspits were created. The dirty water, which people drank, contained deadly diseases such as cholera.

Housing was terrible. Houses were one storey which had ill-fitting planks and broken windows. Outside the walls had no cavities to keep out the cold and wet. Moisture made the walls black. The town was covered in a thick cloud of black smoke and the sun was seen as a dust in the sky as it rays could not get through.

In a house where a normal 6 ...

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