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1874 Company was incorporated. Length 11.5 miles.
Opened in 1883 and based on a canal tramway opened in 1794 by William Jessop [1]
1889 Engineer is Charles Liddell.[2]
1908 The line, which is 9 miles in length, is worked by the London and North Western Railway. [3]
1923 Became part of London, Midland and Scottish Railway [4]
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