| 词条 | Chester and Crewe Railway |
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The Chester and Crewe Railway was an early British railway company absorbed by the Grand Junction Railway in 1840.[1] The line was {{convert|11|mi}} in length, the engineer was Robert Stephenson and the contractor for the work was Thomas Brassey.[2] It was the absorption of this company that led the Grand Junction Railway to building its locomotive works at Crewe, which led to Crewe becoming a major railway town. References1. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Grand Junction Railway |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001308/18400212/031/0002 |newspaper=Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser |location=British Newspaper Archive |date=12 February 1840 |access-date=24 July 2016 |via = British Newspaper Archive |subscription=yes }} 2. ^Helps, Arthur The Life and Works of Mr Brassey, 1872 republished Nonsuch, 2006, page 106. {{ISBN|1-84588-011-0}} Further reading
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