CHAPTER ONE: Newton-le-Willows
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Topic | Source |
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The Syracusans: | Andrew C O’Dell, Railways and Geography (1956) p 13 |
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Railway deaths in 1650: | Jack Simmons and Gordon Biddle, The Oxford Companion to British Railway History (1997) p 2 |
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Gilt and crimson drapes: | Hunter Davies, George Stephenson (1975) p 197 |
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Flung beneath the wheels: | Garfield op. cit. p 157 |
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Burst upon the world: | CF Adams jr, Railroads (1886) |
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Road deaths: | Figures supplied by Professor Andrew Evans, Imperial College |
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A babyish hobby: | The Times, 2 August 1855 |
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The most miserable job: | Interview with author, 2008 |
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Ruth Kelly on electrification: | Railnews.co.uk, 12 June 2008 |
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Stephenson on electricity: | Quoted in The Engineer, 10 December 2004 |
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Obsolete in 1904: | The Engineer, as above |
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