Tag: Liverpool Manchester Railway
The Liverpool & Manchester Railway
The Cotton Trade In the latter part of the eighteenth century, the area surrounding the port of Liverpool and the growing town of Manchester was rapidly…
History of the Vulcan Foundry
History of the Vulcan Foundry , Newton le Willows 1781 George Stephenson was born at Wylam-on-Tyne, Northumberland. 1785 Charles Tayleur was born. 1803 Robert Stephenson was…
Sankey Viaduct Train Derailment
LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY?FURTHER PARTICULARS. Performance of the Engines. It has been stated in several of the newspapers, by way of apology for the delay which…
Locomotives or Stationary Engines
In November 1828 a report on the question of whether it would be better to work the Liverpool and Manchester Railway by stationary engines or by…
The Manchester and Liverpool Rail-Road
The Manchester and Liverpool Rail-Road The increased rapidity of traveling is one of the most remarkable features of the present age. Remote places are by this…
The Sankey Viaduct ( Nine Arches Bridge )
It was then that the wealthy Quaker Joseph Sandars met William James, who proposed a railway which he undertook to build in 18 months at a…
History of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
On Sunday 18 September 1955 several founder members of the R. & C.C.S. visited Rainhill, Parkside, Newton and other historic places on the Liverpool and Manchester…
A visit to the works of the Vulcan Foundry, 1927
The party travelled by 1.0 p.m. train from Exchange Station, Manchester, to Earlstown Junction, a saloon having been engaged for their accomodation. On arrival at the…