Ed Farrell
@edfarrell.bsky.social
Liverpool history enthusiast and artist reconstructing the City's past and celebrating its heritage. http://www.edfarrell-art.co.uk
L&MR Panorama study, Back in Liverpool for research oin the Wapping tunnel and a reconstruction of Wapping station itself. Initially trying to establish the position of shafts or eyes used to build the tunnel. Bear with me as always @vrsimility.bsky.social and @lmrailway.bsky.social A start....
February 14, 2026 at 1:57 PM
L&MR Panorama study, Back in Liverpool for research oin the Wapping tunnel and a reconstruction of Wapping station itself. Initially trying to establish the position of shafts or eyes used to build the tunnel. Bear with me as always @vrsimility.bsky.social and @lmrailway.bsky.social A start....
The next section of the L&MR bridge study - block 2b- V2. Including the mystery bridge at Whiston, subject of previous post.
February 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
The next section of the L&MR bridge study - block 2b- V2. Including the mystery bridge at Whiston, subject of previous post.
Still baffled by the Whiston 1 bridge issue. Discussion board attached and grateful for any comments, opinions, musings, insults etc. as always. Find it hard to believe there was no station (or halt??) at Whiston (until 1990??). Originally wondered if this was ex 'Bottom of Whiston Incline' .
February 13, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Still baffled by the Whiston 1 bridge issue. Discussion board attached and grateful for any comments, opinions, musings, insults etc. as always. Find it hard to believe there was no station (or halt??) at Whiston (until 1990??). Originally wondered if this was ex 'Bottom of Whiston Incline' .
@lmrailway.bsky.social Hi Paul. re Whiston bridges -1830. The bridge list shows Whistons 1 and 2; both stone. The OS map for 1840odd seems to show a level crossing, two wooden bridges and bridge 2. A later bridge roughly takes the place of the western most wooden bridge; struggling to see bridge 1.
February 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
@lmrailway.bsky.social Hi Paul. re Whiston bridges -1830. The bridge list shows Whistons 1 and 2; both stone. The OS map for 1840odd seems to show a level crossing, two wooden bridges and bridge 2. A later bridge roughly takes the place of the western most wooden bridge; struggling to see bridge 1.
Liverpool Road Station Version 3. Multiple amendments (stonework, building details, street furniture, horses etc). Still tbc for Version 4 - a) coal-drop detail, b) departures roof, c) arrivals exit.
Thanks very much all for comments etc.
Thanks very much all for comments etc.
February 10, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Liverpool Road Station Version 3. Multiple amendments (stonework, building details, street furniture, horses etc). Still tbc for Version 4 - a) coal-drop detail, b) departures roof, c) arrivals exit.
Thanks very much all for comments etc.
Thanks very much all for comments etc.
Liverpool and Manchester Railway, panorama study (features) block 2A - Ainsworths Bridge to Lee's Bridge number 1; numbered 8 to 20 on original list. Thanks to @lmrailway.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Liverpool and Manchester Railway, panorama study (features) block 2A - Ainsworths Bridge to Lee's Bridge number 1; numbered 8 to 20 on original list. Thanks to @lmrailway.bsky.social
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Thanks very much for your analysis etc. around the coaldrops Vrs and I am just catching up. I had discharge into the Station, but had another look (attached) and wondered what might be best guess re discharge direction/design. Should I just be showing a blank wall??!! Anybody else got owt?
February 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Thanks very much for your analysis etc. around the coaldrops Vrs and I am just catching up. I had discharge into the Station, but had another look (attached) and wondered what might be best guess re discharge direction/design. Should I just be showing a blank wall??!! Anybody else got owt?
Reposted by Ed Farrell
A message from Eliza Carthy about her dad, #MartinCarthy
January 23, 2026 at 12:34 PM
A message from Eliza Carthy about her dad, #MartinCarthy
Thanks all for comments; really grateful. Very interesting stuff (not the least of which shunting and coal drop arrangements!) which I am looking at. Re arrivals passengers see attached... @lmrailway.bsky.social
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January 31, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Thanks all for comments; really grateful. Very interesting stuff (not the least of which shunting and coal drop arrangements!) which I am looking at. Re arrivals passengers see attached... @lmrailway.bsky.social
@hillsider45.bsky.social
@vrsimility.bsky.social
@railwayhobbit.bsky.social
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Re: Previous. A slightly better res and intensity.
January 30, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Re: Previous. A slightly better res and intensity.
Reconstruction of Liverpool Road station 1836, version 2. For comment. Very grateful for input and resources from @lmrailway.bsky.social @hillsider45.bsky.social @vrsimility.bsky.social @railwayhobbit.bsky.social etc. Part of a wider project to map the L&MR 1830s
January 30, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Reconstruction of Liverpool Road station 1836, version 2. For comment. Very grateful for input and resources from @lmrailway.bsky.social @hillsider45.bsky.social @vrsimility.bsky.social @railwayhobbit.bsky.social etc. Part of a wider project to map the L&MR 1830s
Continuing preliminary studies of the L&MR infrastructure c. 1835. Lea Green to Newton. Only now beginning to appreciate the enormity and genius of the undertaking at that time and its miraculous delivery
January 14, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Continuing preliminary studies of the L&MR infrastructure c. 1835. Lea Green to Newton. Only now beginning to appreciate the enormity and genius of the undertaking at that time and its miraculous delivery
Manchester weekend. Visited Liverpool Road station for 1st time on a day apparently like 15.9.1830 by courtesy of a family trip to the amazing Hockney experience at the Factory surprisingly close by.
January 12, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Manchester weekend. Visited Liverpool Road station for 1st time on a day apparently like 15.9.1830 by courtesy of a family trip to the amazing Hockney experience at the Factory surprisingly close by.
I attach a discussion board containing a speculative study of the coal drops at the Eastern end of the Liverpool Road terminus, Manchester as they may have looked in 1835/6. I'll keep researching but does anybody know of any images or descriptions that might help? Any other interpretations? Thanks
January 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
I attach a discussion board containing a speculative study of the coal drops at the Eastern end of the Liverpool Road terminus, Manchester as they may have looked in 1835/6. I'll keep researching but does anybody know of any images or descriptions that might help? Any other interpretations? Thanks
Block 1/bridges (panorama project). I've seen the TT Bury picture described as Whiston incline/Sutton incline/Broad green to Roby. If here, then Bury is standing on no. 1 Park's bridge?? (next one - no.2- is brick; though could you get that height and are distant ones in the Olive Mt. cutting?).
December 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Block 1/bridges (panorama project). I've seen the TT Bury picture described as Whiston incline/Sutton incline/Broad green to Roby. If here, then Bury is standing on no. 1 Park's bridge?? (next one - no.2- is brick; though could you get that height and are distant ones in the Olive Mt. cutting?).
@lmrailway.bsky.social Just in the process of roughing out bridges in adv of the panorama project. Wondering how to interpret the bridge list P (thanks so much) re dates and google map etc. E.g. the Whiston run has some odd things (and Spring Lane?) unless I am misinterpreting? (usually).....
December 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
@lmrailway.bsky.social Just in the process of roughing out bridges in adv of the panorama project. Wondering how to interpret the bridge list P (thanks so much) re dates and google map etc. E.g. the Whiston run has some odd things (and Spring Lane?) unless I am misinterpreting? (usually).....
A further infographic. The 4 branch railways connecting to the L&MR -1830s. This, together with the diagrams of L&MR features and the station survey (see previous), pulls together information from many sources and will underpin the planned panorama of the line. Thanks to the L&MR trust. Comments? Ta
December 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A further infographic. The 4 branch railways connecting to the L&MR -1830s. This, together with the diagrams of L&MR features and the station survey (see previous), pulls together information from many sources and will underpin the planned panorama of the line. Thanks to the L&MR trust. Comments? Ta
L&MR station list infographic based on V2 research table - previous post
December 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
L&MR station list infographic based on V2 research table - previous post
Revised list of L&MR stations (1830s).
December 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Revised list of L&MR stations (1830s).
@lmrailway.bsky.social Hi P. Just revisiting some work we did re the stations/stops in the 1830s. Thought it worth settling a list plus a couple of puzzling things as attached. Would be glad of a view if you get time. Cheers
December 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
@lmrailway.bsky.social Hi P. Just revisiting some work we did re the stations/stops in the 1830s. Thought it worth settling a list plus a couple of puzzling things as attached. Would be glad of a view if you get time. Cheers
Just on the design of successive cisterns. Attached discussion board attempts a summary of the position: following a probable red herring. I think currently at least, that the water tank is pretty much as shown by Bury throughout the 1830s - until later works/expansion cause a new build.
December 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Just on the design of successive cisterns. Attached discussion board attempts a summary of the position: following a probable red herring. I think currently at least, that the water tank is pretty much as shown by Bury throughout the 1830s - until later works/expansion cause a new build.
Discussion board re: a potential reverse view of the Liverpool Road arrivals station. Possibly v arcane problem, but views, images, opinions, ridicule, superior knowledge etc. v welcome as ever.
December 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Discussion board re: a potential reverse view of the Liverpool Road arrivals station. Possibly v arcane problem, but views, images, opinions, ridicule, superior knowledge etc. v welcome as ever.
A further speculative study. (Lpooll Rd. terminus, Manchester): how the arrivals station may have looked in a) 1835/6 and b) 1837/8. Assuming the latter an open fronted building at 2nd floor (2 colonnades). Extensive carriage wharf inside; Many stables, stores, kitchens below. Pedestrian exit??
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A further speculative study. (Lpooll Rd. terminus, Manchester): how the arrivals station may have looked in a) 1835/6 and b) 1837/8. Assuming the latter an open fronted building at 2nd floor (2 colonnades). Extensive carriage wharf inside; Many stables, stores, kitchens below. Pedestrian exit??
Developing views on the viaduct and possible 1836 arrivals position (below). A mistake to place arrivals here?? - scores of passengers, tons of luggage, road carriages; unless there was some easy way off. Would a Water street footbridge fit, or indeed help? Did the S slope serve only the cistern?
December 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Developing views on the viaduct and possible 1836 arrivals position (below). A mistake to place arrivals here?? - scores of passengers, tons of luggage, road carriages; unless there was some easy way off. Would a Water street footbridge fit, or indeed help? Did the S slope serve only the cistern?
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might be useful to share this, admittedly rudimentary (between walks) sketch for next 1835 version. Some assumptions obvs. Not sure how the early arrivals colonnade fits in the space. Assume still crossed the lines??
might be useful to share this, admittedly rudimentary (between walks) sketch for next 1835 version. Some assumptions obvs. Not sure how the early arrivals colonnade fits in the space. Assume still crossed the lines??
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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might be useful to share this, admittedly rudimentary (between walks) sketch for next 1835 version. Some assumptions obvs. Not sure how the early arrivals colonnade fits in the space. Assume still crossed the lines??
might be useful to share this, admittedly rudimentary (between walks) sketch for next 1835 version. Some assumptions obvs. Not sure how the early arrivals colonnade fits in the space. Assume still crossed the lines??