My Lancashire - My accounts of the local area

A Compendious History of The North Union Railway A Compendious History of The North Union Railway A COMPENDIOUS HISTORY OF THE NORTH UNION RAILWAY: COMPRISING AN INTRODUCTORY SKETCH; THE PROSPECTIVE ADVANTAGES OF THE RAILWAY; ITS STATISTICS; A DELINEATION OF THE OPERATIONS WHICH HAVE MARKED ITS PROGRESS; A DETAILED REFERENCE TO ALL THE IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE ROUTE- videlicet, THE TUNNELS, VIADUCTS, GRADIENTS, &C.; ALSO A STATE-MENT OF THE FACILITIES FOR TRANSIT PRESENTED BY THE VARIOUS CONNECTING LINES OF BAILWAY; AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LOCALITIES OF THE RAILWAY, AND THE PHENOMENA WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN ITS CONSTRUCTION. CHAPTER I. If we might judge from the great exploits, achievements, and undertakings of man, we should almost be led to pronounce that nothing was too great-nothing too insurmountable for his exertions. By the power of his might, and the obstinacy of his labour, difficulties that raise their heads like mountains of granite, crumble into insignificance, and...