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Image 1 — Former Liverpool Road Station goods terminus (now the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester)
Image 2 — Former Liverpool Road Station goods terminus (now the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester)
Image 3 — Former Liverpool Road Station goods terminus (now the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester)
Image 4 — Former Liverpool Road Station goods terminus (now the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester)

Former Liverpool Road Station goods terminus (now the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester)

Liverpool Road is the former Manchester terminus of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway - it handled both goods and passengers.

Image 1 - facing West towards the Upper Campfield Market Hall, and the end of the goods yard. On the left of the image is the former ‘Great Western Warehouse’ (formerly ‘Main Building’, now 'New Warehouse', the main Science and Industry museum hall), on the right the 'Power Hall', built in 1856 to replace a smaller transhipment shed.

Image 2 - facing East towards the 1830 Passenger station and Warehouse, with the former being the oldest surviving purpose-built passenger station building in the world. The latter was the world's first railway goods warehouse.

Image 3 - Painting of the 1830 Warehouse and Liverpool Road Station looking East, by Alfred Peter Harris (credit National Media Museum/Science & Society Picture Library)

Image 4 - 1884 London & North Western Railway plan of Liverpool Road Station showing the extent of the station site and railway lines the area (credit The National Archives)

If you ever find yourself in Manchester the museum is well worth a visit if only for the power hall. Entry is free and they run regular demonstrations of how a steam engine works (using a cut-away 1873 Isle of Man Pender locomotive) and one of the mill engines.

Sources: https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/introducing-liverpool-road-station

https://blog.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/new-warehouse-name/

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/m/manchester_liverpool_road/

https://www.manchestersfinest.com/articles/building-secrets-the-worlds-oldest-surviving-railway-station/

https://thebeautyoftransport.com/2016/09/21/house-of-train-liverpool-road-station-manchester-uk/

Holt, Geoffrey O. (1978), A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain - Volume 10- The North West - ISBN 0-7153-7521-0

James, the lovely tour guide from the museum.

u/sbbanana — 4 days ago

I am desperate to know if anyone here has actually availed themselves of this incredible Chorlton offer, or knows anyone who has?

Have been seeing this sign for years and have always been curious!

u/sbbanana — 14 days ago