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Darcy Lever Station on navigable 1948 O.S. map
{{coord, 53.571057, -2.408433, region:GB, display=title Disused railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951
Darcy Lever
Darcy Lever is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, the area lies on the B6209 (Radcliffe Road), between Bolton and Little Lever. Its history dates to the time of William ...
area of eastern Bolton
Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th ...
between 1848 and 1951.
History
The station opened on 20 November 1848. It was on the Bury– section of theLiverpool & Bury Railway
The Liverpool and Bury Railway was formed in 1845 and opened on 28 November 1848. The line ran from Liverpool Exchange first using a joint line with Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway before branching off to proceed via Kirkby then Wigan a ...
, which opened on the same day.
To the east of the station, the valley of the River Tonge
The River Tonge is a short river, splitting Bolton from contiguous Tonge, both in Greater Manchester, England.
The Tonge is formed at the ''Meeting of the Waters'', where Astley Brook, from Smithills in the west, meets the Eagley Brook drawi ...
is crossed by Darcy Lever viaduct, which is high. It has eight spans supported by stone piers: two spans are long, and six are long. Each consists of six lattice girders: two , which also form the parapets, flanking four which are deep. This viaduct, together with a shorter one of similar construction on the same line (over the River Croal
The River Croal is a river located in Greater Manchester, England. It is a tributary of the River Irwell.
Rising at the confluence of Middle Brook and Deane Church Brook, it flows eastwards through Bolton, collecting ''Gilnow Brook'' and t ...
at Burnden) was claimed by the ''Bolton Chronicle'' (18 November 1848) to be "the first of their kind in England".
The station closed on 29 October 1951.
See also
* List of lattice girder bridges in the United KingdomReferences
External links
Darcy Lever Station on navigable 1948 O.S. map
{{coord, 53.571057, -2.408433, region:GB, display=title Disused railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951