Bolton And Preston Railway Bridge Over Leeds Liverpool Canal - Chorley, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 38.469 W 002° 36.813
30U E 525549 N 5943667
The Leeds Liverpool canal is the longest canal in Northern England.
Waymark Code: WMQE57
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/14/2016
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The canal is 127.25 miles long and flows from the inland woollen town of Leeds to the coastal sea port of Liverpool, crossing the Pennines along the way. Work on the canal started in 1770 and built in a number of sections and was finally completed in 1816.
This bridge is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building with the following text "Skew bridge carrying Bolton and Preston railway over Leeds-Liverpool canal, c.184O. Gritstone and ashlar. Single skewed elliptical arch between buttressed approach abutments with string course and parapet, the buttresses continued as piers in the straight ashlar coping. The soffit of the arch is composed of winding courses of white masonry, the outer ends of which are finished as slightly rusticated voussoirs to the faces of the bridge: good example of skilled design and construction."
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The history of the railway line is as follows
"On 15 June 1837 by act of Parliament, the Bolton and Preston Railway Company constructed a link with the Manchester line comprising nine and a half miles of railway to a temporary terminus at Rawlinson Lane. By December 1841 the line had reached Chorley and Adlington station opened to take over from Rawlinson Bridge.
The line would pass into the hands London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Rail.
There is a basic hourly service in each direction (including evenings & Sundays) to Manchester Victoria southbound and to Preston & Blackpool northbound. Additional trains call during weekday peak periods. Limited First TransPennine Express services between Manchester Airport and Preston used to stop here at peak times but these no longer call here as of May 2012."
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