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An Account of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Liverpool: Wales and Baines. OCLC 30937. OL 16085034W. Carlson, Robert (1969). The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Project 1821–1831. Newton Abbot, UK: David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4646-6. Dendy Marshall, C. F. (1930). Centenary History of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway (1st ed.).
The history of rail transport in Great Britain 1830–1922 covers the period between the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR), and the Grouping, the amalgamation of almost all of Britain's many railway companies into the Big Four by the Railways Act 1921. The inaugural journey of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, by A.B ...
Slightly fanciful contemporary depiction of Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Construction begins on the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad between Albany and Schenectady, New York. August 28 – In a race between the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road's Tom Thumb and a stagecoach near Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, the horse and coach wins. [2] [3]
George Stephenson, engineer of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M) was founded on 24 May 1823 by Liverpool merchants Joseph Sandars and Henry Booth, [1] [failed verification] [note 1] [note 2] with the aim of linking the textile mills of Manchester to the nearest deep water port at the Port of Liverpool.
Stephenson's Rocket of 1829 This is a list of locomotives that were used or trialled on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) during its construction, at the Rainhill Trials, and until absorption by the Grand Junction Railway in 1845. The rate of progress led to quite a rapid turnover in the operating roster. Writing in 1835, Count de Pambour found that of the L&MR's then thirty engines ...
Bury, Thomas Talbot (1831), Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway: With Plates of the Coaches, Machines, Etc. ... with Descriptive Particulars, Serving as a Guide to Travellers on the Railway, London: Ackerman; Ferneyhough, Frank (1980). Liverpool & Manchester Railway, 1830-1980. R. Hale. ISBN 978-0-7091-8137-8.
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company was founded on 24 May 1823. The 35-mile (56 km) line was a remarkable engineering achievement for its time, beginning with the 2,250-yard (2,060 m) Wapping Tunnel beneath Liverpool from the docks to Edge Hill. Following this was a two-mile (3.2 km) long cutting, up to 70 feet (21 m) deep, through ...
Opening in 1839, the first Locomotive Superintendent was Thomas Melling. He was succeeded in 1840 by William Buddicom.. An immediate problem was the frequency of broken crank axles on the inside-cylindered 2-2-2 locomotives from a range of manufacturers.