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Crewe Station started service on 4 July 1837 with the opening of the Grand Junction Railway. The purpose of this railway was to link the four largest cities of England by joining the existing
Agricultural Machinery : Mr Chris Lambert, of Horsmonden, Kent, was a steam haulage contractor. A greater part of his work was steam ploughing - where two traction engines hauled a plough on a steel
Working shaft in the Kilsby Tunnel 8 July 1937 The tunnel is located near the village of Kilsby in Northamptonshire and opened in 1838 as a part of the London and Birmingham Railway
Merryweathers Steam Fire-Engine - Merryweather & Sons of Lambeth, later Greenwich, London, were builders of steam fire engines and steam tram engines
Chat Moss threatened the completion of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, until George Stephenson succeeded in constructing a railway line through it in 1829; his solution was to "
Box tunnel showing the West Portal - Box Tunnel is a railway tunnel in western England, between Bath and Chippenham, dug through the Box Hill
The Prince of Wales at Shireoaks Colliery, Nottinghamshire near Yorkshire border, The property of the Duke of Newcastle : Shown here the shaft engine house 2 November 1861
Vickers ran this steam ferry for their workmen on Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, North Lancashire, England ca 1895
Chain ferry with Milkman and Milk cart, onboard the Walney Ferry, Barrow in Furness, North Lancashire, England ca 1895
Whiteleys Viaduct at Charleston Curves, 1845 Built to carry the Manchester and Leeds Railway over the River Calder at Charlestown, near Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
In 1838 Samuel Brooks, vice-chairman of the Manchester and Leeds Railway (MLR) bought land at Hunts Bank close to the cathedral
The railway viaduct across Dean Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. c. 1850The railway viaduct across Dean Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. c.1850
Excavation of Olive Mount, from Burys Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831 Construction required the removal of 480, 000 cubic yards of sandstone
The point where the railway crosses The Duke of Bridgwaters Canal The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was the worlds first twin-track inter-urban passenger railway in which all the trains were
Industrial landscape with the London and Manchester Railway in the background (right) The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR)
Bridge over the Irwell, Victoria Station, Manchester, 1845 In 1838 Samuel Brooks, vice-chairman of the Manchester and Leeds Railway (MLR)
Pumps for draining the Kilsby Tunnel 8 July 1937 The tunnel is located near the village of Kilsby in Northamptonshire and opened in 1838 as a part of the London and Birmingham Railway
The Warrington Viaduct, over the River Mersey and Mersey and Irwell Canal, on the Grand Junction Railway, 1837
Rochdale Railway Station was opened by the Manchester and Leeds Railway in 1839
The three steam locomotives which competed in the Liverpool and Manchester Railway competiton for a £ 500 prize. The Rocket by Robert Stephenson of Newcastle The Novelty by Messers Braithwaite
Newton Church and village with the London and Machester Railway passing in the background, 1 January 1831 The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR)
Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway The scene at Edge Hill, Liverpool, as the ceremonial trains prepared to set out on the opening run to Manchester and back on 15 September 1830
Bird s-eye view of Barrow-in-Furness, North Lancashire, England 25 May 1872
The new railway steam boat docks, Barrow-in-Furness, North Lancashire, England 28 September 1867
Agricultural Machinery : Harvesting in Sussex, England - Threshing operations on a small holding, where machinery are used to separate the grains from the stalks and husks
James Watts Workshop now at the Science Museum. South Kensington, where it has been transferred from Birmingham 1 August 1925
Agricultural Machinery : A poachers trap and an old Kent plough. Some of these ploughs were still in use in the 1940 s, this one was in use in about 1652
