Leeds

a large manufacturing city of Yorkshire. It is situated on both sides of the Aire. It has water communication with the sea by way of the Humber and is connected by canal with Liverpool. It is the center of a rich coal and iron district. There are the usual public buildings and municipal improvements. The river is spanned by eight bridges. The city has been noted for generations as the seat of the woolen manufactures of Yorkshire. Iron foundries, steel works, manufactures of tools, machinery, boots and shoes, and clothing have been added. Locomotives, tobacco, printed cloth, chemicals, glass, tiling, and pottery add to the population and business of the city. The region is noted for the production of flax. It is the most important seat of the English linen industry. The factories are on a large scale. A single room in one of the linen establishments is said to occupy over two acres. Leeds ranks with Sheffield, Manchester, and other large manufacturing cities in importance. The population for 1908 is given by the Statesman's Year Book at 477,107. See England