Chester and Crewe Railway
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It was absorbed by the Grand Junction Railway in 1840 via the Template:Visible anchor (3 & 4 Vict. c. xlix).[1][2] The company built the section Chester–Crewe of the North Wales Coast line, Template:Convert in length, the engineer was Robert Stephenson and the contractor for the work was Thomas Brassey.[3] It was the absorption of this company that led the Grand Junction Railway to building its locomotive works at Crewe, which led to Crewe becoming a major railway town.
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- ↑ 1840 (3 & 4 Vict.) c. xlix. An Act for incorporating the Chester and Crewe Railway with the Grand Junction Railway, and for extending to the said first-mentioned Railway the Provisions of the several Acts of Parliament relating to the said last-mentioned Railway; and for other Purposes.
- ↑ Helps, Arthur The Life and Works of Mr Brassey, 1872 republished Nonsuch, 2006, page 106. Template:ISBN