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What is a wagon lifting tower?
What is a wagon lifting tower?
Before lorries and planes were invented, trains used to be the main way for things like coal, food and post to be transported (moved) around the country. This tower lift would have been used to take the train wagons from the level of the railway track to the ground. The railway track and station (Leeds Central) does not exist anymore.
Before lorries and planes were invented, trains used to be the main way for things like coal, food and post to be transported (moved) around the country. This tower lift would have been used to take the train wagons from the level of the railway track to the ground. The railway track and station (Leeds Central) does not exist anymore.
On the map image above you can see a blue plaque. The image to your left is a photo of this.
On the map image above you can see a blue plaque. The image to your left is a photo of this.
Read this to learn more about the wagon lifting tower.
Read this to learn more about the wagon lifting tower.
What have you learned? Can you now answer the following questions?
What have you learned? Can you now answer the following questions?
- What was the lift powered by?
2. Between what years was the lift used?
2. Between what years was the lift used?
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