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Title
A Letter on the Subject of the Projected Rail Road, between Liverpool and Manchester
Reference
2014-3018
Production date
1824 - 1824

Creator

Sandars, Joseph Biography Biography
Joseph Sandars, a rich Liverpool corn merchant, was one of the original protagonists of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which was founded on 24 May 1823.

Scope and Content
A Letter on the Subject of the Projected Rail Road, between Liverpool and Manchester, pointing out the Necessity for its Adoption and the manifest Advantages it offers to the Public, with an Exposure of the exorbitant & unjust Charges of the Water Carriers. First edition. Joseph Sandars, Liverpool 1824. This very early pamphlet sets out in detail the considerable public objection to the level of charges for and time taken to transport goods by water between the port of Liverpool and the manufacturing base of Manchester, and the time that would be saved and economies that would be achieved by a railway.
Physical description
Good condition.
Archival history
Purchased from Bloomsbury Auctions. Formerly part of the Michael G. Max Collection, number 2389.
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum

Associated people and organisations

Sandars, Joseph Biography Biography
Joseph Sandars, a rich Liverpool corn merchant, was one of the original protagonists of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which was founded on 24 May 1823.
Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co Biography Biography
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was first proposed by William James and Joseph Sanders in 1821. In 1826 George Stephenson was appointed chief engineer. The company originally intended to use fixed locomotives to pull freight trains between Liverpool and Manchester, but following the Rainhill Trial competition of 6 October 1829, locomotives in the style of Stephenson's Rocket were commissioned. The company opened the line between Liverpool and Manchester on 15 September 1830. The first passengers travelled along the line two days later and goods on 1 December. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was absorbed into the Grand Junction Railway on 8 August 1845.

Subject
Railways
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.

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