The Bowling Iron Works was an iron working complex established around 1780 in the district of East Bowling part of the township and manor of Bowling, now in the southeast of Bradford in Yorkshire, England. The operation included mining coal and iron ore, smelting, refining, casting and forging to create finished products.
A part of the works in 1861
A part of the ironworks in 1861
A female worker demonstrates an elevating device for barrels at the Bowling Iron Works, Bradford, in November 1918.
St John's Church, Wakefield Road, Bowling, Bradford, built in 1842 at the expense of the Bowling Iron Company
Bradford is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the 1974 reform, the city status has belonged to the larger City of Bradford metropolitan borough. It had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 census, making it the second-largest subdivision of the West Yorkshire Built-up Area after Leeds, which is approximately 9 miles (14 km) to the east. The borough had a population of 552,644, making it the 9th most populous district in England.
Image: Manningham Mills (2019)
Image: Wool Exchange, Market Street, Bradford geograph.org.uk 4021324
Image: Fountain in City Par, Bradford (Taken by Flickr user 4th September 2012)
Image: Bradford Cathedral and entrance gates geograph.org.uk 5794400
