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GOOLE
, a See also:market See also:town and See also:port in the Osgoldcross See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:West See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, at the confluence of the See also:Don and the See also:Ouse, 24 M
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W. by S. from See also:Hull, served by the See also:North Eastern, See also:Lancashire & Yorkshire, See also:Great Central and Asholme See also:joint See also:railways
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (19o1) 16,J76
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The town owes its existence to the construction of the Knottingley See also:canal in 1826 by the See also:Aire and See also:Calder See also:Navigation See also:Company, after which, in 1829, Goole was made a bonding port
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Previously it had been an obscure See also:hamlet
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The port was administratively combined with. that of Hull in 1885
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It is 47 M. from the North See also:Sea (mouth of the See also:Humber), and a wide See also:system of inland navigation opens from it
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There are eight docks supplied with See also:timber ponds, quays, warehouses and other See also:accommodation
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The See also:depth of See also:water is 21 or 22 ft. at high water, See also:spring tides
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See also:Chief exports are See also:coal, See also:
Passenger steamship services are worked in connexion with the Lancashire & Yorkshire railway to See also:Amsterdam, See also:Antwerp, See also:Bruges, See also:Copenhagen, See also:Rotterdam and other north See also:European ports
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