Goole — Chambers's Encyclopaedia

Goole, a town and river-port in the West Riding of Yorkshire, is situated at the junction of the Ouse with the Don, 22 miles SSE. of York. The town has since 1829 grown rapidly, and now ranks amongst the chief ports of the kingdom. It possesses extensive docks, which are annually entered and cleared by some 4600 vessels of more than 1,100,000 tons burden. The annual value of the imports amounts to about $4\frac{1}{2}$ millions sterling, and that of the exports to more than $4\frac{3}{4}$ millions. Amongst the imports are shoddy for manufacturing purposes, oil, logwood, timber, champagne, farm-produce, and groceries. Coal, cloth, and machinery are amongst the chief exports. There are iron-foundries, alum, sugar, and cordage manufactures, ship and boat building yards, and establishments for sail-making and agricultural machine-making. Pop. (1851) 4722; (1881) 10,418; (1891) 15,413.