Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway

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e the "Newton to Manchester" portion. Leaving the Newton Junction, and turning to the left, the E. becomes North, and the W. we must call South. The constant traffic on

annum. The exact length of the Liverpool and Manchester railway, from the station, Lime-stree

bankments leading to and from it, are from sixty to eighty feet above the level country. Newton Common and Race-ground, the stand on which is a c

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s to the S., and we soon enter on the Parr Mo

nd Runcorn Ju

e N. side. On the S., is the Engine-house, where an engine is stationed to assist trains in ascending

ion, (top of S

level entered upon. The village of Sutton and Grove Ha

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and then descends the Whiston inclined plane. Prescot Church

ted in large quantities. Coarse earthenware, especially sugar moulds, are here made from the clay of the neighbourhood, which is particularly adapted to the purpose. The plate-glass works at Ravenhead are very extensive and celebrated. The concave and convex mirrors, and large plate-glass, being equal, if not superior to any produced on the Continent. T

ption of his son-in-law, King Henry VII., in whose honours the Earl had been mainly instrumental. Great enlargement and decoration of the mansion took place on occasion of this royal visit: a handsome stone bridge was thrown acr

urch, the Hazels, seat of Joseph Birch, Esq., and the church and village of Huyton are observed on the N. On the S. ap

nd Roby-lane

rds, along a pleasant but not very interesting part, Summer-hill house is seen, the seat of Thomas Cas

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the residence of Mrs. Earle, lies also on the S., and on the N. is the residence of C. Lawrence, Esq. Here the Liverpool tunnels commence; one, for conveying passengers, &c., into the Company's station-yard in Lime-street, turns off on the right hand, and is 2,230 yards long, 25 feet wide, and 17 feet high. The other, for the conveyance of goods, direct to the docks, in a straighter c

f the Railway Magazine, May 1838, thus describes th

rength running across and under the road in a tunnel, upon which shaft a large drum-wheel is placed that works the rope. In each engine-house is a raised platform, upon which the man stands who works the engines; this platform leads to a balcony on the outside of the engine-house, from which the man can look down the mouth of the tunnel; a signal is given by means of an air-pipe running through the tu

le journey, we must proceed to a brief