Manchester and Leeds Railway
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manchester-and-leeds-railway-167-8075323
title:
Manchester and Leeds Railway
text:
The Manchester and Leeds Railway was a British railway company that built a line from Manchester to Normanton where it made a junction with the North Midland Railway, over which it relied on running powers to access Leeds. The line followed the valley of the River Calder for much of the way, making for easier gradients but by-passing many important manufacturing towns. Crossing the watershed between Lancashire and Yorkshire required a long tunnel. The line opened throughout in 1841. Early on, th
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Former British railway company
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_and_Leeds_Railway
date created:
2005-04-02T01:14:14Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T09:40:00Z
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