Leech, Neal & Co. Ltd.
Dated: June 1911
Taken by: Chas. Roberts & Co., Wakefield
What looks like a standard 5-plank open wagon is actually a tank wagon for carrying chloride of iron liquor to the colour works of Leech, Neal & Co. in Spondon. The tank was built inside the wagon body and featured a circular earthenware manhole and lid. The wagon was built by Charles Roberts & Co., Horbury Junction near Wakefield and delivered direct to Johnson & Nephew's wire works at Ambergate for loading. Chloride of iron liquor was a by-product of the wire production. Livery was red body, black ironwork, white letters with black shading.
Aerial view of the colour works on Megaloughton Lane in 1927:-
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