An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent (1885) (14574109907)

Identifier: illustrateddescr00lond (find matches)
Title: An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Railroads -- Great Britain Europe -- Guidebooks England -- Guidebooks
Publisher: (London) : Morton & Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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periods; and the artist may, in the rugged rock scenery,the secluded dells, and rich foliage, find abundant subjects for his brush.Buxton is nearly 1,000 feet above the sea. The portion of the Midland Railway that runs from Rowsley to Buxtonwas authorized in 1S60. Various railway projects in this direction had longbeen contemplated, with a view to connect the midlands and the southwith Manchester ; but the sparsencss of the population, the formation ofthe country, and the ownership of the land presented an unusual combina-tion of difficulties. The then Duke of Devonshire gave his consent to aline being made through his park at Chatsworth, on condition that it was bya crowded way, and there is no doubt that that route would have suppliedthe best levels; but the present Duke objected to such an innovation of hisancestral domains, and after much negotiation with the Duke of Rutland,it was decided that the line should be carried along its present course, atthe back of Haddon Hall. <$^_
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r ^D^ LIVERPOOL. Liverpool is the queen of British ports. Time was when the Mersey wasspoken of as the little creek, and when the Dee was a successful rival toLiverpool. But the gradual filling up of the Dee, and the consequentdecline of the trade of Chester ; the improvements made in the estuary ofthe Mersey—an arm of the sea where the largest ships may ride; the creationof docks some ten miles in length, that include two hundred and fifty acresof quay and water space; the marvellous development of the manufacturingindustries of the northern counties of England; and the construction of arailway system which receives and distributes the enormous imports ofLiverpool, and sends back in return materials for a vast export trade: theseare the chief causes that have placed Liverpool in her present proud position. This eminence would, however, never have been attained without railways.The Act for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was passed in 1S26,and tlt€ works were completed four y