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[[Image:Goole.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Goole's port]]
 
[[Image:Goole.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Goole's port]]
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'''Goole''' is a port in [[East Yorkshire]], [[England]]. Goole is the furthest inland seaport in the [[United Kingdom]], situated at the junction of the Knottingley & Goole [[Canal]] and the [[River Ouse]]. It was founded in 1826 when the canal was opened as a transhipment point between the canal system and the river, navigable by sea-going vessels, and established a trade built largely on the export of [[coal]].  
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'''Goole''' (19,500 inhabitants<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123797&c=goole&d=16&e=62&g=6380828&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1435309129870&enc=1&nsjs=false&nsck=false&nssvg=false Office for National Statistics, 2011]</ref>) is a port in [[East Yorkshire]], [[England]]. Goole is the furthest inland seaport in the [[United Kingdom]], situated at the junction of the Knottingley & Goole [[Canal]] and the [[River Ouse]]. It was founded in 1826 when the canal was opened as a transhipment point between the canal system and the river, navigable by sea-going vessels, and established a trade built largely on the export of [[coal]].  
    
[[Image:Goolewatertower.jpg|thumb|left|Water tower.]]
 
[[Image:Goolewatertower.jpg|thumb|left|Water tower.]]
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== References ==
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[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]
 
[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]
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