Tag: Sankey Viaduct
George & Robert Stephenson
THE LIFE OF George Stephenson and his son Robert Stephenson Comprising also a history of the invention and introduction of the railway locomotive. By Samual Smiles With…
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…
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…
Sankey Viaduct and Embankment
Although the Stockton & Darling-ton Railway was the first public railway on which locomotives were used, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway was the first in the…
BOB CARLISLE – “The Walker”
My earliest recollection on my way home from St. Johns School at the corner of Legh St. and Market St., and one that stands out very…
Tommy Burns jump off the 9 Arches?
Tommy Burns was a young Widnes man who had been causing no end of a sensation up and down the country by his high diving feats.…