Course of the old Farnley ironworks railway
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Course of the old Farnley ironworks railway
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 29 Nov 2020
The Farnley ironworks (later fireclay works) was a large industrial site on the edge of Leeds. I haven't established when it closed, but most of the site is now occupied by the Whitehall industrial estate. It was served by this railway line, which was shown on the 1908 maps as "LNWR Farnley Branch". The freight line also served the Dunlop and Ranken steelworks the other side of Whitehall Road, apparently until c.1980. This length of the trackbed north of Whitehall Road is walkable.
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