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c. 1880. In the foreground the railway sidings which were constructed in 1877 and just visible to their right part of the station warehouse before it was extended in 1884. In the centre Crossley Mill and behind it Stubbings School (1878) and housing…

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Showing the rear of the 'up' Manchester Platform across the viaduct. The platforms not only extended across the viaduct but overhung it supported by massive brackets as seen here. This was not without incident and on more than one occasion flags and…

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c.1912. In the foreground the large station warehouse which had been extended in 1884 and the sidings. The warehouse was demolished in 1969 following serious fire damage but goods facilities had been withdrawn in 1966.

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An express train on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway at the turn of the century, reproduced from a painting by F. Moore executed for Sir John Aspinall, the General Manager. The locomotive is one of the 4-4-0s built at Horwich while he was Chief…

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"SOUND AND FURY - Atlantic No. 1419 storms away from Poulton-le-Fylde with a Blackpool-Manchester express."
[From a painting by H. M. Le Fleming, based on a photograph by J. M. Tomlinson.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/JCA00362.jpg
Chain driven with a max speed of 8 mph and imported 1910/12.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/JCA00361.jpg
Leyland RAF type built at Horwich 1917/18.

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Built by Dennis and supplied to the L&YR in 1914 it had a permitted speed of 12mph

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In passenger coaching stock colours it was one of the first L&YR motor vehicles .

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Ford Model T chassis supplied 1916 with pneumatic tyres on the front
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