While searching for some details in old newspapers concerning the Sankey Viaduct, I read quite a few articles from 1824 onwards related to the efforts and construction of the LMR which help set the scene and show just some of the massive efforts made to its eventual opening. There’s lots online about the Rainhill Trials and the Opening day which unfortunatly saw the accident and death of Mr Huskisson, but not so much about the lead up to the opening, the construction, or even that Mr Huskisson had already travelled…
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