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Chat Moss is a large area of peat bog that makes up part of the City of Salford, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. It also makes up part of Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside and Warrington in Cheshire . [ 1 ]
Chat Moss, a lowland raised bog, formed after the last ice age about 10,000 years ago on the site of a shallow glacial lake to the north of the River Mersey. Fen peat formed in an area colonised by reeds and rushes. Sphagnum mosses then colonised the area causing a change from fen to bog peat which became elevated forming a dome, the raised bog.
The station was in the general area of Chat Moss which was then very sparsely populated. It remained sparsely populated in 2015. It remained sparsely populated in 2015. A narrow gauge tramway can be seen on the 1848 map running north north west from the River Irwell at Boysnope, terminating at Lamb's Cottage station's eastern neighbour, Barton ...
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway of 1830 crosses Astley Moss. It was built on a raft of branches and cotton bales to prevent the track sinking into Chat Moss. The early engines reached speeds of 25 mph (40 km/h). The first passengers told the driver where they wished to alight until Astley railway station was built in the mid-1840s. [59]
12.4 Golf. 13 See also. 14 References. ... Chat Moss was a problem to constructing the railway, ... (22 ha) site at Kitt Green in Wigan, ...
Worsley Golf Club was founded in 1894 on part of the Earl of Ellesmere's estate at Broadoak Park. [85] The area has a clay pigeon shooting club, west of the M60. [86] A racecourse development proposed on land near Boothstown was the subject of a public inquiry [87] and rejected by the local council after a sustained campaign by local councillors.
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Chat Moss corridor (MAN via MCO; MCV) This is a little south of due west of Manchester, and one route to Liverpool, via Eccles and Newton-le-Willows. CLC (part of historical Cheshire Lines Committee lines) corridor (MAN and MCO) This is a little further south of due west of Manchester, and the main route to Liverpool, via Warrington.