Gardens · Yorkshire & the Humber
Round Foundry
Round Foundry — a garden in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom.
Alan Murray-Rust — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Round Foundry is a garden of interest in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Round Foundry is a former engineering works off Water Lane in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Founded in the late 18th century, the building was developed into the Round Foundry Media Centre in 2005.
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Background
History
The Round Foundry was built in 1795–1797 by a partnership of James Fenton (1754–1834), Matthew Murray, David Wood and the financier William Lister, trading as Fenton, Murray and Wood, (later Fenton, Murray and Jackson). It was at the Round Foundry that Matthew Murray made his name as a great engineer. He produced textile machinery, steam engines and the first locomotives for the Middleton Railway including Salamanca. The Round Foundry developed to become one of the world's first specialist engineering foundries. Disaster struck in 1875 when fire destroyed some of the original buildings, including the large rotunda that gave the Round Foundry its name. Some buildings were saved, the earliest…
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- Coordinates
- 53.7914, -1.5531
- Address
- | location_town = Holbeck, Leeds
Sources
- wikidata: Q7371018 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Round Foundry (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Round Foundry?
- Round Foundry is in Yorkshire & the Humber, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.7914°, -1.5531°.
- Who owns Round Foundry?
- Round Foundry is owned by | current_tenants =.