Central Station Wagon Hoist blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Central Station Wagon Hoist. This steam-powered railway wagon hoist was one of a pair that stood on each side of the viaduct leading to the station goods warehouse. They raised and lowered wagons between the viaduct and the goods yard below. Built for the Lancashire & Yorkshire and London & North Western Railways in the 1850s, the hoists remained in use until the 1950s Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.

The Central Station Wagon Hoist was a steam-powered mechanism used to raise and lower railway wagons between different levels of the station goods yard, reflecting the industrial innovation and logistical needs of British railways in the Victorian era.