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Originally situated on either side of a railway viaduct that crossed the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The trade of goods, particularly cloth and wool was brought to Leeds via a network of canals and later railways.Ī pair of steam-powered chain wagon hoists were built in the 1850s for the Lancashire & Yorkshire and London & North Western Railways. The company says it now has 7 million monthly unique visitors, a network of 630,000 contributors, and has sold over one million copies of its books.
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