On this day in 1846, 180 years ago, Major General Sir Charles W Pasley inspected a 13-arch masonry viaduct at Clifton and an elegance crossing of the River Irwell in Radcliffe on the soon-to-open East Lancashire Railway.
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A tie bracket for the telegraph wire clings to the mortar of Weedley Tunnel's eastern portal.