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Train of 1898 stock awaiting removal after replacement in 1940. (Ref: 011831)
Driving car No.5 is in the foreground. Note the metal concertina doors.Train of 1898 stock awaiting removal after replacement in 1940. (Ref: 011831)
Vale of Rheidol Railway. 2-6-2T "Edward VII" 1902 (Ref: 010648)
The Vale of Rheidol Railway opened to passengers in December 1902. This photo taken at Devils Bridge was published in the Railway Magazine in 1903 and presumably shows the inauguration of passenger services. The locomotive was built by Davies & Metcalfe Limited also in 1902.Vale of Rheidol Railway. 2-6-2T "Edward VII" 1902 (Ref: 010648)
View from Preston Brook Bridge looking south. 8 September 1963
Grid Ref: SJ 5682 8065 [BWp-001-340]. The building on the left when it was the Neptune Club was variously the North Staffordshire Warehouse, the Stafford Warehouse, the Old Number One Pub and since being burnt out and rebuilt is now apartments.View from Preston Brook Bridge looking south. 8 September 1963
Whitmore Water Troughs 1904 (LEC4 @ 148m) (Ref: 031391)
Ramsbottom as Loco Superintendant of the LNWR came up with the concept of water troughs as a means of speeding up the Irish mail trains. Most of the LNWR's main-line troughs were installed in the 1860s.Whitmore Water Troughs 1904 (LEC4 @ 148m) (Ref: 031391)
Woodhouse Lane Aqueduct. 1 September 1971
From the west. Grid Ref: SJ 7305 8774 [BWm-017-590]Woodhouse Lane Aqueduct. 1 September 1971
Woodhouse Lane Aqueduct. 26 March 1967
From the east. Grid Ref: SJ 7305 8774 [BWm-017-590]Woodhouse Lane Aqueduct. 26 March 1967
Worsley - basin at Worsley Yard. 30 April 1972
Grid Ref: SD 7500 0024 [BWl-008-370]Worsley - basin at Worsley Yard. 30 April 1972
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Worsley - Delph, mine boat (1955) [212846]
This example of a mine boat was 36ft long, 4ft6in wide. (20 March 1955)Worsley - Delph, mine boat (1955) [212846]
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Worsley - Delph, mine entrances (1955) [212845]
(20 March 1955)Worsley - Delph, mine entrances (1955) [212845]
Worsley - looking east from footbridge leading to Worsley Green. 30 April 1972
Picture taken from about Grid Ref: SD 74922 0029 [BWl-008-460]Worsley - looking east from footbridge leading to Worsley Green. 30 April 1972
Worsley - looking east to footbridge leading to Worsley Green. 30 April 1972
Grid Ref: SD 74922 0029 [BWl-008-460]. Worsley Yard in the distance.Worsley - looking east to footbridge leading to Worsley Green. 30 April 1972
Worsley - looking west from footbridge leading to Worsley Green. 30 April 1972
Picture taken from about Grid Ref: SD 74922 0029 [BWl-008-460]Worsley - looking west from footbridge leading to Worsley Green. 30 April 1972
Worsley - looking west towards the Packet House. 12 January 1958
National Coal Board tug 'Broadheath' pulling empty barges. Picture taken from the footbridge at Grid Ref: SD 74922 0029 [BWl-008-460]Worsley - looking west towards the Packet House. 12 January 1958
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