Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Created in 1834 by the merging of the Preston and Wigan Railway and the Wigan Branch Railway this 15.5 mile line opened in 1838.
In 1844 it bought the Bolton and Preston Railway
In 1889 the company was absorbed by the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
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