'View of the Railway across Chat Moss', Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. Artist: Henry Pyall

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'View of the Railway across Chat Moss', Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. The world's first intercity railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830. The line was a remarkable feat of engineering, including an ingenious floating crossing of the peat bogs at Chat Moss. Plate 5 from Coloured view of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. (London, 1832-1833).

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Size: 4923px × 4260px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,Greater Manchester,Salford,Chat Moss
Photo credit: © Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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