Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 130
for the purpose. During the first quarter of the present RAILWAYS. century the greater part of the goods and much passenger traffic wasmonopolized by the canals. It is quoted, as a proof of the careless mannerin which this service was performed, that the transport of bales of cottonfrom Liverpool… … Fig. 40.—Coal-pit, Salop. was applied for, the canal companies succeeded in retarding, by their in-fluence, the passing of that Act for two years. It was passed, however, in1828, and the construction of the line was proceeded with. This line wasat first intended only for the conveyance of goods,…
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