Lake Lock Railroad
(1798-present)

thing and railway

Aged 226

Commemorated on 1 plaque

The Lake Lock Railroad, probably the world's first public railway, crossed Aberford Road here. It was opened in 1798 to carry coals from the Outwood area to the Aire and Calder Navigation at Lake Lock.

The Sycamores, corner of Aberford Road and Lake Lock Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom where it sited