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Adelante class 180 No.180112 'James Herriot' on arrival at Bradford Interchange from London Kings Cross.

Remains of the gasholders at the former Bradford gasworks site in Manchester.

Industrial steam locomotive crossing Forge Lane to enter the yard of Bradford Colliery in 1948. The view is taken from outside the Burton's shop in Ashton New Road. The colliery closed in 1968 and today even Forge Lane has completely vanished under the surrounds to the Etihad Stadium.

George Vint & Brothers was an established business at Idle, Bradford, by 1862 when they displayed an obelisk in stone from their Gazeby quarries at the London Exhibition. On 30th June 1873 the partnership between George Vint and Ebenezer Sharp Vint, trading as George Vint and Brothers was dissolved, with George continuing the business on his own account. This was just before the Shipley branch of the Great Northern Railway was opened and provided an outlet to markets across Britain. The line was open for mineral traffic from Laisterdyke to Idle on March 9, 1874, the first truck-load of flags being sent by G. Vint & Brothers who soon opened a stone sawmill and siding at Friar Mill just south of Idle Station. The firm also appears to have been making bricks at New Wortley, Leeds in 1877. The business continued to expand towards the end of the 19th century and in 1896 the quarry at Idle Moor employed 18 men underground and 19 on the surface, whilst at Summerfield Quarry there were 4 underground and 3 on the surface. In 1904 the Abbey Quarry at Idle was noted as supplying stone for public buildings in Leeds, York, Bradford, and Manchester. In 1917 stone was supplied for the monument at Whitby to those lost in the wreck of the hospital ship 'Rohilla'. Vint Bros also supplied stone for the construction of the New Theatre, Oxford, in 1933. The then proprietor of the business, William Harper, residing at 33 Moorside Road, Eccleshill, Bradford, was declared bankrupt in June 1939.

From Wikipedia. Bradford Colliery Brickworks operated on the site of the Bradford Colliery in Bradford, Manchester, between the early 1870s and 1903. To exploit the seams of fireclay found between the coal seams, colliery manager Edward Williams built a large kiln to a design patented in 1870 by Friedrich Hoffmann, which permitted the continuous production of bricks. One of the largest brick-making facilities in the area, the kiln was more than 30 metres (98 ft) long and 17 metres (56 ft) wide, and probably contained 12-14 separate firing chambers. The kiln fell into disuse after the colliery's fireclay workings were abandoned in 1903, and it was eventually demolished in the late 1940s.

Although Bradford is not noted for its brick and terracotta architecture, the Prudential Buildings onTyrell Street, Ivygate, and Sunbridge Rd, Bradford stands out. Built in 1895 to the design of Manchester architect Alfred Waterhouse, it reflects the house style of the company and is now listed Grade II.

The Bradford Alhambra Theatre was built in 1913 at a cost of £20,000 to the design of architects Chadwick and Watson, for impresario Francis Laidler, and opened on Wednesday 18 March 1914. Purchased by Bradford City Council in 1964 it now seats 1456. It is listed Grade II.