1906
By 1906, Hunslet was home to Leeds’ second largest gas works, the City’s main rail goods yards, known at the time as ‘Midland Goods Station’ (now the site of Crown Point Retail Park), as well as a large number of factories, below is a rough inventory of the major industrial premises in Hunslet at the time.
- Joshua Tetley and Son’s Brewery - South Brook Street/ Crown Point Lane
- Sun Foundry - Dewsbury Road
- Potterdale Mill - Dewsbury Road
- Well House Foundry - Dewsbury Road
- Oil Works - Dewsbury Road
- Malthouse and Maltkiln- Dewsbury Road
- Railway Works - Butterley Street
- Printing Works - Butterley Street
- Union Mills - Holmes Street
- Leeds Corporation Refuse Destructor - Kidacre Street
- Malthouse - Gold Street
- Stafford Pottery (disused) - Leathley Road
- Crown Point Printing Works - Hunslet Road
- Boyne Engine Works - Jack Lane
- Hunslet Engine Works - Jack Lane/Cancel Street
- Steam Plough and Locomotive Works - Hunslet Road/ Leathley Road
- Airedale Foundry (Iron and Steel) - Hunslet Road/ Grape Street/ Pearson Street
- Railway Foundry (Iron) - Jack Lane
- Midland Engine Works - Jack Lane
- St Helen’s Mills - Whitehouse Street
- Brush Works - Glasshouse Street
- Larchfield Engineering Works - Hunslet Road
- Larchfield Woollen Mills - Pym Street
- Hunslet Glass Works - South Accommodation Road
- Goodman Street Works (Iron and Steel) - Goodman Street
- Lock Works - South Accommodation Road
- Aire Bank Mills - South Accommodation Road
- Airedale Chemical Manure Works - Clarence Road
- Dolphin Foundry (Iron) - Sayner Road
- Hunslet Nail Works - Atkinson Street
- Victoria Mills - Goodman Street
- Hunslet Linen Works - Goodman Street
- Nevin’s Foundry - Goodman Street
- Malthouse - Larchfield Road
- Progress Works (Mineral Water) - Stafford Street
- Albert Tool Works - Donisthorpe Street
- Yorkshire Steel Foundry - Black Bull Street
- Victoria Chemical Works - Clarence Road
- Providence Works - Cudbear Street
- Saw Mills - Cudbear Street
- Iron Works - Crown Point Road
- Union Foundry (Iron) - Brookefield Street
- Airedale Works - Albury Road
- Globe Mills (Cabinet Works) - Chadwick Street
- New Dock Wagon Works - Black Bull Street
- Bowman Lane Dye Works - Crown Point Road
- Leather Works - Hunslet Lane
Hunslet was home to Leeds' second largest gasworks, the site had a large column guided gasholder, which was replaced in the 1960s by two spiral guided gasholders (which still stand). The site no longer produces town gas, storing natural gas instead.
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