The rail entrance to Breedon Cement plant, Dewsbury

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The rail entrance to Breedon Cement plant, Dewsbury

Image: © Jonathan Thacker Taken: 19 Feb 2018

Cement is received here by rail from the works at Hope in Derbyshire, The line is the truncated remains of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's Dewsbury Market Place branch which also had a connection to the Great Northern Railway's system at Dewsbury Central.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.677584
Longitude
-1.62362