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This blue commemorative plaque records: The Lake Lock Railroad, probably the world's first public railway, crossed Aberford Road here. It was opened in 1798 to carry coals from the Outwood area to the Aire and Calder Navigation at Lake Lock. Recorded plaque organisation: Wakefield Civic Society.
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