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Liverpool and Manchester Railway

Great Britain · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1830Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1830

Joseph Locke15 September 1830

Liverpool · Science / Technology

Assists engineering work on the world's first inter-city passenger railway.

George Stephenson15 September 1830

Liverpool · Science / Technology

Opens the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with a public procession.

Names involved

George StephensonJoseph Locke

Provenance

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