The railway towards Snaith
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The railway towards Snaith by Jonathan Thacker as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Jonathan Thacker Taken: 10 Dec 2011
Opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1848. It was instrumental in the creation of the port of Goole, used exporting coal from the Yorkshire coalfield and importing timber, particularly from Scandinavia.