1.08 L&MR Pt. 3 - Making It A Reality History Of The Railways podcast

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In part 3 of our mini-series on the L&MR, we’re working our way along the line, exploring some of the magnificent works of civil engineering on the railroad.

We'll meet George Stephenson’s resident engineers: Joseph Locke, William Allcard, and John Dixon who had responsibility for these amazing structures.

And I'll also try to give an idea of what building them might have involved, if you were one of the nameless hundreds of navvies on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, who did the actual physical work.

History of the Railways is a podcast for anyone interested in railroad history. Come and join Michael Lancashire as he gets distracted, fascinated ... and yes, even sidetracked ... by stories from the railways (or railroads if you're American).

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Chapters

00:00 Start
01:51 Last episode's trivia answer
02:23 George Stephenson’s men on the line - Joseph Locke, William Allcard, John Dixon
03:40 Edge Hill Tunnel
05:13 How the navvies on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway built the tunnel
07:49 First recorded death of a railway navvy
10:13 Olive Mount Cutting
11:42 Twin Sisters locomotive
13:40 Broadgreen or Roby Embankment
15:44 Sankey Viaduct
16:50 Sankey Viaduct's foundations
19:00 The Excavation at Kenyon
20:02 Chat Moss
22:50 John Dixon's account of sinking
23:33 Robert Stannard suggests a solution
26:00 The track
28:36 This episode's trivia question

12 episodes