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The Housemans of Nidderdale
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 1889 - 1890 (0 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| 1 | 1889 | - 1889—1889: Celluloid film produced
- 1889—1889: Dock Strike - docker's won their 'Docker's Tanner' 6 old pennies
- 31 March 1889—31 March 1889: Eiffel Tower completed (to mark centenary of French Revolution)
- 14 May 1889—14 May 1889: Children's charity NSPCC launched in London
- 3 June 1889—3 June 1889: Canadian Pacific Railway completed from coast to coast
- 28 September 1889—28 September 1889: Length of a metre defined
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| 2 | 1890 | - 4 March 1890—4 March 1890: Forth railway bridge opens - took six years to build
- 4 November 1890—4 November 1890: City & South London Railway opens - London's first deep-level tube railway
and first major railway in the world to use electric traction
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