Bolton and Leigh Railway

This tramway ran from Bolton Great Moor Street to West Leigh. There was a substantial goods yard in Bolton at Deansgate.

The line is also known as the Bolton and Leigh Railroad.

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Engineers George Stephenson
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Clickable Schematic of route [Key]

Local area

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Bolton was a centre of manufacturing textile machinery. There were also Iron foundries and boilerworks. Hick Hargreaves, and Rothwells built locomotives, some being the large broad gauge 'singles' for the Great Western Railway.

Chronology

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Page created on 06/08/2003
Page last edited on 18/02/2004
Page last edited on: 07/08/2011
Contact: Ewan Crawford