Opposite the site of the accident a white marble slab is let into the wall, and on it the event is recorded. A quarter of a mile further on we must direct the reader's attention to what has hitherto been called the Wigan Junction Railway. There is no station here; passengers going to Wigan get into the carriages at Parkside. This branch railway will shortly become of vast importance: it will be the grand connecting line between the Grand Junction Line and the North; the works are nearly complete as far as Preston, and we expect that next year the line will be opened to Lancaster. We now enter the Great Kenyon Excavation, and proceeding along a slightly inclined plane, we soon pass the
BOLTON JUNCTION STATION,
which is only remarkable as being near to Culcheth, in which township, we are informed, one of our Saxon kings held a council. Across Brossley Embankment we are quickly conveyed
BURY LANE STATION.
which brings us within 11 miles of Manchester; and half a mile further we enter the dreary waste of Chat Moss. Some attempts at cultivation will be perceived—successful or not in point of profit, time will tell. The road across the Moss is perfectly safe, although, at one time, it was deemed scarcely possible to make it sound. After passing over the Moss for three miles and a hall, the traveller will reach the Barton Moss Station; and 2½ miles further, the
