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Industrial Heritage
Once the site of the world’s largest woollen mill, Armley Mills, Leeds Industrial Museum showcases exhibits such as the steam engines, old-fashioned cinema, watermills and great spinning mules.
Armley Mills – Leeds Industrial Museum
The history of textiles, clothing, engine and locomotive manufacturing can all be discovered at Armley Mills.
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Opened in 1758, Middleton Railway is the world’s oldest working railway. The line runs into Middleton Park in Leeds at the edge of Yorkshire’s largest ancient forest. Nature trails, picnic facilities and a large collection of railway locomotives can be seen, many of them hundred of years old.
Middleton Railway
Opened in 1758, Middleton Railway is the world’s oldest working railway.
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Otley Museum reflects Otley’s social and industrial history from pre-history into the 20th century. Objects, artefacts, a large documentary collection and extensive archives relating to Otley printing and engineering industries are all housed in the museum.
Otley Museum
The museum looks at Otley’s social and industrial history.
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Thwaite Mills is a fully restored, working watermill in Leeds. The site explains the history of the mill from the 17th century to the 1970s.
Thwaite Mills Watermill
Thwaite Mills is a fully restored working watermill dating back to the 17th century.
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