arrangements in connection with the practical services required for the prosecution of so many industrial undertakings, quite a number of the buildings erected within the area are of definite architectural interest. Before enlarging upon this latter aspect of Trafford Park, however, it may be well to direct our attention to its particular merits as an organised industrial estate.
It is difficult to conceive of a factory zone so well situated as is Trafford Park. In addition to its unique advantages in the matter of transport facilities, it being bounded by the Manchester Ship Canal on the north and the Bridgwater Canal on the south, the
estate is within easy reach of an immense industrial population. It is in this latter respect that the founders of the New Trafford Park showed great perspicacity, for town planners are apt to lay out what they imagine to be ideal factory zones on the supposition that when once the buildings and railways are erected the requisite labour will immediately be attracted. This supposition, however, is not always based upon a true understanding of the psychology of labour. The manual worker of to-day is for the most part town bred and is accustomed to live in conditions which housing reformers may describe as one of congestion. This congestion, however, as long THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL DOCK OFFICES, TRAFFORD ROAD, SALFORD.
Harry S. Fairhurst, F. R. I. B. A., Architect.