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The building of the
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poured over the bridge, a vast quantity of timber and debris came down with the force of a battering ram, and carried the footbridge away. A successor to this bridge is still standing adjacent to the new bridge which carries the Inner Ring Road over the River Don, although it is in need of
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of 1864 and was rebuilt (look at the alignment to the main building). It was renamed "The
Manchester Hotel" and in spring 2006, after a short period of closure, it became "The Harlequin", taking the name from a recently demolished pub which stood a short distance away in Johnson Street.
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which contained vintage film and memories from former railway workers and which was broadcast in
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locomotive sheds and yard. The potato siding was situated high above the road and had a wooden floor, fine for wagons and vans but as the title says, not locomotives.
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Harrison, Samuel (1864). "From The Lady's Bridge to the Midland Railway Station".
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