Sign for the Railway Inn
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Sign for the Railway Inn
Image: © Jonathan Kington Taken: 15 Dec 2010
This is the sign for the Image The railway reached Congleton in 1847, several years after the canal- indeed it was almost built instead of the canal. The sign depicts a steam engine pulling rolling stock, a considerably more modern engine than the ones running in the mid 19th century.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.156999
Longitude
-2.192636