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| | Backtrack Volume 10 |
 | | Economic background to railway mania: poverty, the Corn Laws, the Anti-Corn Law League, Chartism, accumulation of capital, poor return on industrial investments, railway dividends were relatively high, the Parliamentary beneficiaries (capitalists and landowners); the boom of 1836 had led to the creation of stock exchanges in Liverpool and Manchester, and others followed. |
 | | The Rookhope Railway ran from a junction with the Stanhope and Tyne at Parkhead, crossed over Stanhope Common to Bolt's Law and with few earthworks reached a summit of 1670 ft. There are remains of the engine house. |
 | | Station in joint ownership and connected to Normanton Hotel, initially independent venture, but Act of 28 June 1861 enabled MR to purchase on behalf of Joint Committee for a time the LNWR became part of the Joint Committee but later withdrew. |
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