The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Railway Locomotive

CHAPTER XI.

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CHAT MOSS--CONSTRUCTION OF THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.

George Stephenson again appointed Engineer of the Railway.--Chat Moss described.--The resident Engineers of the Line.--George Stephenson's Theory of a Floating Road on the Moss.--Operations begun.--The Tar-barrel Drains.--The Embankment sinks in the Moss.--Proposed Abandonment of the Works.--Stephenson's Perseverance.--The Obstacles conquered.--The Tunnel at Liverpool.--The Olive Mount Cutting.--The Sankey Viaduct.--Stephenson's great Labors.--His daily Life.--Evenings at Home. 281