Salt’s Textile Manufacturing Company Textile Mill. This large textiles manufacturer of seal and upholstery plushes, silk velvets, and fur imitations, had its roots in a Yorkshire, England mill which established a Bridgeport branch in 1891 and then a separate company in 1893. Interestingly, this factory was staffed almost completely by English textile workers who emigrated from the Bradford, Yorkshire area where the English Saltaire factory was located. Throughout the 1910’s and 1920’s hundreds of Yorkshiremen arrived to work at Saltext and other looms. The Saltext plants were located on Bridgeport’s Kossuth Street and the Kossuth, Howe, Sherman St. area of the city became the heart of settlement for Bridgeport’s English population during the early Twentieth Century. At that time, “Bridgeport’s English” might be found discussing soccer (football) or the Saltext Company’s champion cricket team over roast beef and Yorkshire pudding at Henry Taylor’s “chop house” on Wall Street.