The view of the Sankey Valley from Stephenson's Viaduct, as seen from the 12.01 from Newton-le-Willows
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The view of the Sankey Valley from Stephenson's Viaduct, as seen from the 12.01 from Newton-le-Willows
Image: © David Long Taken: 8 Oct 2009
The Sankey Brook runs leftwards from the centre. Parallel to it, and conveniently marked by a cyclist, runs the line of the infilled Sankey/ St Helens Canal. Stephenson had to build the massive viaduct, a 'first' in railway engineering, to accommodate the masts of the Mersey flats, the sailing vessels for which England's first industrial canal was built.
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