Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,669 pages of information and 247,074 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

East and West Yorkshire Union Railway

From Graces Guide

of Rothwell, Leeds

1883 Company was incorporated.

The 9.5 mile line ran from the H&BR at Drax to the GNR at Ardsley and was a local project set up by the Charlesworth family for the needs of their collieries. It opened in 1895.[1]

1889 Engineers are George Hopkins and Mammatt and White.[2]

1908 The line is a little over 9 miles in length. [3]

1923 Became part of London and North Eastern Railway [4]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies by Christopher Awdry. Published 1990
  2. 1889 Bradshaw's Railway Manual
  3. The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
  4. Wikipedia