Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,501 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Halifax High Level and North and South Junction Railway

From Graces Guide

1884 Incorporated. Length 3.25 miles.

A 3 mile line opened in 1890 that ran between Holmfield on the Great Northern Railway and Pellon and later to Halifax St. Paul's.

1889 Engineer is John Fraser and Sons.[1]

It closed to passengers in 1917 and to goods in 1960

In 1923 it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway

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Sources of Information

  • Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies by Christopher Awdry. Published 1990