Historical place archive

Liverpool and Manchester Railway in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Liverpool and Manchester Railway in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1830–1830

Historical events in Liverpool and Manchester Railway

1830

1830
Planet Locomotive
Robert Stephenson · Technology

Builds the Planet, an influential early locomotive for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

1830
Railway Engineering Development
George Stephenson · Technology

Continues refining locomotive operation and railway practice during the first year of inter-city service.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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