Yorkshire Waterways Museum

[1] Its mission was to 'Use the heritage, arts and environment of the Yorkshire waterways as a resource for learning and regeneration'.

The museum also hosted a Tom Pudding hoist which is grade II listed.

[2] This allowed little tub boats carrying coal from South Yorkshire to be unloaded at Goole Docks and put into ocean-going vessels.

[3] In early May 2019 it was announced that, as a consequence of ongoing funding shortfalls, the museum and its associated charity, The Sobriety Project, were insolvent and that the museum would close on 15 May.

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