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Actions	A Letter on the Subject of the Projected Rail Road, between Liverpool and Manchester Remove from selection Add to selection TitleA Letter on the Subject of the Projected Rail Road, between Liverpool and Manchester Reference2014-3018 CreatorSandars, Joseph Joseph Sandars, a rich Liverpool corn merchant, was one of the original protagonists of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which was founded on 24 May 1823. Date 1824 Scope and ContentA Letter on the Subject of the Projected Rail Road, between Liverpool and Manchester, pointing out the Necessity for its Adoption and the manifest Advantages it offers to the Public, with an Exposure of the exorbitant & unjust Charges of the Water Carriers. First edition. Joseph Sandars, Liverpool 1824. This very early pamphlet sets out in detail the considerable public objection to the level of charges for and time taken to transport goods by water between the port of Liverpool and the manufacturing base of Manchester, and the time that would be saved and economies that would be achieved by a railway. Physical descriptionThe condition of the material is good. LanguageEnglish Archival historyPurchased from Bloomsbury Auctions. Formerly part of the Michael G. Max Collection, number 2389. LevelItem Repository nameScience and Industry Museum Associated people and organisationsSandars, Joseph Joseph Sandars, a rich Liverpool corn merchant, was one of the original protagonists of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which was founded on 24 May 1823. Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was first proposed by William James and Joseph Sanders in 1821. In 1826 George Stephenson was appointed chief engineer. The company originally intended to use fixed locomotives to pull freight trains between Liverpool and Manchester, but following the Rainhill Trial competition of 6 October 1829, locomotives in the style of Stephenson's Rocket were commissioned. The company opened the line between Liverpool and Manchester on 15 September 1830. The first passengers travelled along the line two days later and goods on 1 December. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was absorbed into the Grand Junction Railway on 8 August 1845. SubjectRailways Conditions governing accessOpen access. Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions. Related object Publication - "Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway" A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Documents relating to an article on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in the Edinburgh Review, October 1832 Two Reports Addressed to the Liverpool & Manchester Railway Company on the Projected North Line of Railway from Liverpool to the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal

TitleA Letter on the Subject of the Projected Rail Road, between Liverpool and Manchester

Reference2014-3018

Date

1824

Scope and ContentA Letter on the Subject of the Projected Rail Road, between Liverpool and Manchester, pointing out the Necessity for its Adoption and the manifest Advantages it offers to the Public, with an Exposure of the exorbitant & unjust Charges of the Water Carriers. First edition. Joseph Sandars, Liverpool 1824. This very early pamphlet sets out in detail the considerable public objection to the level of charges for and time taken to transport goods by water between the port of Liverpool and the manufacturing base of Manchester, and the time that would be saved and economies that would be achieved by a railway.

Physical descriptionThe condition of the material is good.

LanguageEnglish

Archival historyPurchased from Bloomsbury Auctions. Formerly part of the Michael G. Max Collection, number 2389.

LevelItem

Repository nameScience and Industry Museum

Associated people and organisationsSandars, Joseph
Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co

SubjectRailways

Conditions governing accessOpen access.

Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.

Related object

Publication - "Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway"

A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway

Documents relating to an article on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in the Edinburgh Review, October 1832

Two Reports Addressed to the Liverpool & Manchester Railway Company on the Projected North Line of Railway from Liverpool to the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal