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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 ...
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1830 [note 6] The directors of the L&M set out to do all they could to make the opening day a success. It was decided that for the opening, the dignitaries and guests would assemble in Liverpool, and eight of the L&M's locomotives would haul them in special trains to Liverpool Road railway station , the ...
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 ...
Crown Street railway station was the Liverpool terminus railway station of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in Liverpool, England, it opened on 15 September 1830.The station was one of the world's first on an inter-city passenger railway in which all services were operated by mechanical traction.
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]
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 ...
The original Parkside station opened on 17 September 1830 as part of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR), [1] and was one of the oldest passenger railway stations in the world. These early intermediate stations were often little more than halts, usually positioned where the railway was crossed by a road or turnpike. [2]