Liverpool and Manchester Railway Trust
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An organisation set up to protect original features of and promote the first modern Inter-City railway in the world between Liverpool and Manchester.
A link would help...
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Features on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway - Google My Maps
The location of all the stations and original bridges along the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
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December 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A link would help...
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
Have you seen our map of the line?
December 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Have you seen our map of the line?
The nearest thing we have as a contemporary image is Isaac Shaw's Sketch of Collins Green. The hut you have with a question mark is a blue police box (yes, like a Tardis) which can be seen in his image of Chat Moss.
December 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The nearest thing we have as a contemporary image is Isaac Shaw's Sketch of Collins Green. The hut you have with a question mark is a blue police box (yes, like a Tardis) which can be seen in his image of Chat Moss.
It is listed as 1831, but I think it is 1835, maybe based on Bennison's Map. It shows the Edge Hill station spur
December 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It is listed as 1831, but I think it is 1835, maybe based on Bennison's Map. It shows the Edge Hill station spur
Additional detail of Belle Vue in Wavertree
December 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Additional detail of Belle Vue in Wavertree
Secondly, Yes Wavertree Lane was a level crossing, with a gate keeper who was an injured navvy who lived in the purpose built house on the other side of the road.
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Secondly, Yes Wavertree Lane was a level crossing, with a gate keeper who was an injured navvy who lived in the purpose built house on the other side of the road.
Firstly, Vignoles was gone by February 1827, about a month after work started in anger, so his plot was off, but it was caught before any serious digging started. The main reason the tunnel moved was to avoid digging under the corner house at Great George Square.
December 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Firstly, Vignoles was gone by February 1827, about a month after work started in anger, so his plot was off, but it was caught before any serious digging started. The main reason the tunnel moved was to avoid digging under the corner house at Great George Square.
Yeah, that claims the South, Walker claims the North. Bedford Street, White Delf and Yellow Delf were definitely all south. The one behind Great George St. Chapel (now known as the Blackie), is also probably south.
December 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Yeah, that claims the South, Walker claims the North. Bedford Street, White Delf and Yellow Delf were definitely all south. The one behind Great George St. Chapel (now known as the Blackie), is also probably south.
Here is the full list of bridges from Booth's account book. It is missing the Water Street cast iron bridge, which would be No. 64
December 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Here is the full list of bridges from Booth's account book. It is missing the Water Street cast iron bridge, which would be No. 64
I think this is from an 1836 (I think) map of Wavertree located in the Liverpool Archives. It covers from Wavertree Lane Station to the start of the M62
December 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I think this is from an 1836 (I think) map of Wavertree located in the Liverpool Archives. It covers from Wavertree Lane Station to the start of the M62
I was the one to request they scanned that, but the image sizes the sent me were to small, even though they thought they were HD... They were only 900 pixels across :( There is supposed to be a physical copy in a Manchester library.
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I was the one to request they scanned that, but the image sizes the sent me were to small, even though they thought they were HD... They were only 900 pixels across :( There is supposed to be a physical copy in a Manchester library.
This one is south. I think all of them were, but cannot swear to it.
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This one is south. I think all of them were, but cannot swear to it.
"The Rocket" (artist unknown) showing the scene in 1840. Painting is located at Agatha Christie's Greenway home in Devon.
November 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"The Rocket" (artist unknown) showing the scene in 1840. Painting is located at Agatha Christie's Greenway home in Devon.
Also, the construction shafts for the Wapping Tunnel came down to the side of the tunnel. This photo is the entrance from the tunnel into the Bedford Street shaft, which is partially reopened.
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Also, the construction shafts for the Wapping Tunnel came down to the side of the tunnel. This photo is the entrance from the tunnel into the Bedford Street shaft, which is partially reopened.
What year is this, Ed? Wavertree Lane bridge is LNWR era, and I have never looked into when Parks bridge, Old Lane bridge and Wright's bridge were taken down, so I don't know if they would have all been standing at the same time.
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
What year is this, Ed? Wavertree Lane bridge is LNWR era, and I have never looked into when Parks bridge, Old Lane bridge and Wright's bridge were taken down, so I don't know if they would have all been standing at the same time.
stored the bales on their arrival until their turn for delivery came. No remonstrance could induce them to add to their number of boats, or to increase their speed, or reduce the rate of freights.”
September 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
stored the bales on their arrival until their turn for delivery came. No remonstrance could induce them to add to their number of boats, or to increase their speed, or reduce the rate of freights.”
His full comment "It took longer at that time, for the Manchester manufacturers to get their cotton from Liverpool than it had done for the same bales to come from America to England. The canal company, strong in its monopoly of transit, took life easily,
September 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
His full comment "It took longer at that time, for the Manchester manufacturers to get their cotton from Liverpool than it had done for the same bales to come from America to England. The canal company, strong in its monopoly of transit, took life easily,
Locomotive powered for the entire passenger journey.
Timetabled
Ticketed
Dual tracked, never encountering another train coming in the opposite direction
Purpose-built stations
Everything needed for the journey: the track, locomotives and the rolling stock were all supplied by the provider...
Timetabled
Ticketed
Dual tracked, never encountering another train coming in the opposite direction
Purpose-built stations
Everything needed for the journey: the track, locomotives and the rolling stock were all supplied by the provider...
September 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Locomotive powered for the entire passenger journey.
Timetabled
Ticketed
Dual tracked, never encountering another train coming in the opposite direction
Purpose-built stations
Everything needed for the journey: the track, locomotives and the rolling stock were all supplied by the provider...
Timetabled
Ticketed
Dual tracked, never encountering another train coming in the opposite direction
Purpose-built stations
Everything needed for the journey: the track, locomotives and the rolling stock were all supplied by the provider...
To highlight the needle vs. haystack nature of this search, there have been Count Potocki since the 12th century, with the last one dying in 1997. Even in the first half of the 19th Century there were two Leon Potocki, our diplomat & a poet. Both born at the end of the 18th C and dying in the 1860s
September 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
To highlight the needle vs. haystack nature of this search, there have been Count Potocki since the 12th century, with the last one dying in 1997. Even in the first half of the 19th Century there were two Leon Potocki, our diplomat & a poet. Both born at the end of the 18th C and dying in the 1860s
We have finally nailed down that we are looking for Leon Potocki, with this we can start to narrow our search parameters. Count Leon Potocki (1788–1860) was a Polish noble who served the Russian Empire as an ambassador all across Europe. including Lisbon, Naples, Vienna, London and Stockholm.
September 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We have finally nailed down that we are looking for Leon Potocki, with this we can start to narrow our search parameters. Count Leon Potocki (1788–1860) was a Polish noble who served the Russian Empire as an ambassador all across Europe. including Lisbon, Naples, Vienna, London and Stockholm.