Packet Boat Steps
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Packet Boat Steps
Image: © David Pickersgill Taken: 5 Jan 2008
In pre-railway days, passengers could join boats from Leeds and Wakefield to Goole and Hull at these steps by Castleford Bridge. Garden House pub in near background, Nestlé office block in distance.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.728359
Longitude
-1.348979