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Description: The Middleton Railway Began nearby in 1758 to carry coal from Middleton Colliery to Leeds by horse-drawn wagon. The world's first commercially successful steam locomotives, designed and built by Matthew Murray and incorporating John Blenkinsop's patented rack wheel, started work here on 24 June 1812.
Title: Middleton Railway Blue Plaque (7906790148)
Credit: 10pts
Author: ben dalton from leeds, uk
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