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Title
Letter from Henry Booth, company secretary and treasurer of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, to James Loch, Bloomsbury Square, London with a report on the survey of Chat Moss by Thomas Shaw Brandreth
Reference
CHTMSS
Production date
05-12-1826 - 05-12-1826

Creator

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.

Scope and Content
A letter from Henry Booth, secretary and treasurer of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway (L&MR) to James Loch. The letter includes a report on the survey of Chat Moss, a peat bog near Manchester, by Thomas Shaw Brandreth, who was aided by George Stephenson, acting as civil engineer. It was written when construction was starting on L&MR, the company had just taken out contracts to drain Chat Moss in June of the same year.
Extent
1 item
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
National Railway Museum, York