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    Agecroft power station was a coal-fired power station between the eastern bank of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and the western bank of the River...
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  • Agecroft Colliery was a coal mine on the Manchester Coalfield that opened in 1844 in the Agecroft district of Pendlebury, Lancashire, England. It exploited...
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  • commercial coal mine in 1844; and Agecroft Power Station was a coal-fired power station between 1925 and 1993. Agecroft Hall, a Tudor country house and...
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    1947 Agecroft Colliery sent much of its coal to the CEGB's Agecroft Power Station, via a conveyor belt system that crossed a bridge over Agecroft Road...
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  • steep inclines, small radius turns, and the availability of hydro electric power but lack of domestic coal mines. Railfan & Railroad stated in 2022 that...
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    Manchester Railway. Agecroft No. 1 – An 0–4–0 saddle tank built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns in 1948 for use at Agecroft Power Station. Restored to working...
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    Services. Forest Bank Prison was constructed on the site of the former Agecroft Power Station. The 25-year design, construct, manage and finance contract was...
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  • List of power stations in Scotland List of power stations in Wales List of power stations in Northern Ireland List of largest power stations in the world...
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    Brook which flows eventually into the Irwell not far from where Agecroft Power Station once stood. Slack Brook has been largely culverted for many years...
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    Barking Power Station refers to a series of power stations at various sites within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in east London. The original...
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    Fulham Power Station was a coal-fired power station on the north bank of the River Thames at Battersea Reach in Fulham, London Station A ran from 1901...
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  • Kearsley Power Station. Southport, Merseyside: Café Royal Books, 2016. Edition of 150 copies. The Dark River: Clifton — Death Valley — Agecroft. Southport...
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    retrieved 25 April 2008 Anon, Agecroft Rowing Club, retrieved 2 April 2008 Anon, About us: A few facts about Agecroft, Agecroft Rowing Club, retrieved 21...
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    the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War. Agecroft Hall is a Tudor manor house and estate located on the James River in the...
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    The station was demolished the following year. The lines through the station remained in heavy use by coal trains heading for Fiddlers Ferry power station...
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    politician Mike Yarwood (1941–2023), impressionist, comedian and actor John Agecroft (1716–1804) lived in a cottage at Barrack Hill where, until the end of...
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  • reversible, as in marine practice. When starting, in either direction, power was supplied by compressed air until the engine fired. One of these locomotives...
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    Islands hauling an express train at Rugby station. Jubilee No. 45664 Nelson awaiting duties at Agecroft Motive Power Depot. 45682 Trafalgar awaiting movement...
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  • Manchester Oldham Road station opened in 1839 as the terminus station of the Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR) in Collyhurst, Manchester. When the M&LR...
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    Hyde Road was a railway station in Gorton, Manchester, England, on the Fallowfield Loop Line. It opened in 1892 and closed in 1958, when local passenger...
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    Airport Interchange of the M56, with a manufacturing site on the former Agecroft Colliery next to the railway in Pendlebury, Salford, off the A6044. Nearby...
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  • needed] 1947 Figures in lane 1945? St Luke's Church, Old Street, London 1953 Agecroft regatta Five Lowry art works were stolen from the Grove Fine Art Gallery...
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    Wigan Central railway station was a railway station near the centre of Wigan, Lancashire, England. Wigan Central station was on Station Road, some way from...
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    shared the same code. With the introduction of diesel and electric motive power the system of allocation became changed. Main line locomotives were capable...
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    "Reddish Motive Power Depot". Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved 26 March 2013. "Blues and Gospel train ticket, Wilbraham Road Railway Station". 7 May 1964...
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    Railway 0-4-0vb shunting locomotive which is in the museum at Buckfastleigh station. This is the only original 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge locomotive...
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    built. The River Irwell runs south east through Kearsley, Clifton and Agecroft then meanders around Lower Broughton and Kersal, Salford Crescent and the...
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    Middleton Junction railway station was an early junction station on the Manchester and Leeds Railway, it opened when the branch to Oldham opened in 1842...
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    : 274  It attracted members from many isolated pits in England – including Agecroft and Parsonage in Lancashire, Chase Terrace and Trenton Workshops in Staffordshire...
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    the junction and also operated the powered railway switching points. From its opening in 1866, Northenden station was served by local CLC passenger trains...
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