Technical and Art School
After Saltaire had been built, additional school places were required
After Saltaire had been built, additional school places were required. A School of Art and Science was built at the edge of the village was completed in 1887. It became the Technical School, and contained a School of Art. Later known as the Institute of Technical Education and is now part of Shipley College.
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