Henry Booth
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Henry Booth was a British corn merchant, businessman and engineer, known especially for pioneering the construction and management of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, the world's first steam locomo
Henry Booth 1789 1869 Secretary Treasurer later General Manager Liverpool City Libs
Billiards at the Booth family seat, Twemlow Hall, Cheshire circa 1770
Memorial tablet to Henry Booth in Ullet Road Church, Liverpool.
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830. Work on the L&M had begun in the 1820s, to connect the textile mills of the city of Manchester with the nearest deep water port at the
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…company, Booth writing the prospectus which was issued on 29 October 1824. 1825 saw Booth give up his corn merchant interests to concentrate on the L&M project. The initial Enabling Bill for the L&M presented to Parliament was defeated in 1825, with George Stephenson under-performing. Stephenson was more of a…
The Duke of Wellington's train and other locomotives being readied for departure from Liverpool, 15 September 1830
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Fanny Kemble, a guest of Stephenson's on a test run of the L&M prior to its opening
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