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Train station excavation

20 Sep 2024

John McGoldrick, Leeds Museums and Galleries’ curator of industrial history with the remnants of one of the station’s huge cast iron pillars, which would once have held up the roof while passengers made their way around its platforms. The impressive iron columns also doubled as rainwater down pipes.

Train station excavation: John McGoldrick, Leeds Museums and Galleries’ curator of industrial history with the remnants of one of the station’s huge cast iron pillars, which would once have held up the roof while passengers made their way around its platforms. The impressive iron columns also doubled as rainwater down pipes.
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