Liverpool Manchester Railway. Historical engraving showing the inauguration of the Liverpool Manchester Railway, England, UK, on 15th September 1830.

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Liverpool Manchester Railway. Historical engraving showing the inauguration of the Liverpool Manchester Railway, England, UK, on 15th September 1830. This early railway was built primarily to carry coal to Glasgow and other markets from the Monkland coalfields. Image from Histoire de la locomotion terrestre, by Charles Dollfus and Edgar de Geoffroy, France, 1935.

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Photo credit: © CCI ARCHIVES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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