Salford
Advances and Achievements
Salford
..... was the FIRST city in the UK to have an unconditional free municipal public library - Peel Park
(see 1849)
..... was the FIRST town to levy a rate for library purposes ( see 1849)
..... appointed the FIRST river inspector - 1867. His job was to patrol the rivers and streams and make a note of any pollution
..... was the FIRST town to establish a public swimming bath (1855) - Adelphi Baths
..... was FIRST in the field in the provision of a public sanatorium
..... had the FIRST play-streets in the world (see 1929)
..... the Schools' Museum Service was the FIRST successful attempt in the world to bring museums into active co-operation with the education system
..... three hundred years before anyone had heard of state pensions the FIRST system of old age pensions was up and running resulting from the Booth family's bequests
..... built the FIRST municipal old folk's home
..... built the FIRST technical college (1896)
..... was the FIRST modern city to be declared a smoke-free zone
..... founded the world famous tee-total society
..... had the FIRST traffic policemen in white coats
..... was almost the FIRST authority in the Irwell watershed to construct intercepting sewers and works for the treating of sewage and the Mode Wheel Sewage Works served as the model for the sewage systems of several American cities.
..... most of the improved ideas making for safer road conditions were FIRST inaugurated in Salford under the control and direction of the then Salford Police
..... FIRST trunk road - East Lancashire Road to Liverpool ( 1934)
14th, 15th, 16th, 17th Centuries