Liverpool & Manchester Railway

Aerial view of the Pillar of Hercules and the Wapping Cutting

A short video, shot with the kind permission of St Anne’s school, Edge Hill, for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Trust. The aim of which was to record and document the remains of the original ‘Pillar of Hercules’, a remnant…
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Wapping Tunnel Vent, from above

Aerial view of the Wapping Tunnel vent, in Crown Street park, where the original Crown Street Station was located. This is the first of a series of ventilation shafts, built throughout the length of the tunnel. The grass bank in…
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Wapping Cutting, Wapping Tunnel & the 1829 Crown Street Tunnel, Edge Hill, Liverpool

Wapping Cutting | Wapping Tunnel | 1829 Crown Street Tunnel | 1846 Crown Street Tunnel | Crown Street Station/Park | Wapping Crows Foot | Maps I have been lucky to have visited this astonishing place many times over the years.…
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Liverpool Lime Street to Edge Hill Railway Cutting

Lime Street Station | Edge Hill Station | Lime Street to Edge Hill Cutting | Maps Liverpool Lime Street Station Liverpool’s original terminus station on the 1830 Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR), was Crown Street Station in Edge Hill. However,…
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