Olive Mount Cutting
Olive Mount cutting, which was opened in 1830, is a sandstone railway cutting on the line to Manchester, from Liverpool. The cutting is deep and is situated between Wavertree Technology Park and Broad Green railway stations. The railway's engineer, George Stephenson, had hoped to avoid the problem of creating the cutting for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway by routing the line further north. However, that plan was objected to by the Earl of Derby and the Earl of Sefton Earl of Sefton was a title in the Peerage of Ireland created in 1771 for the 8th Viscount Molyneux. The Earls of Sefton held the subsidiary titles Viscount Molyneux, of Maryborough in the Queen's County (created 1628), in the Peerage of Ire .... The cutting was originally designed to accommodate two tracks, and was only wide at the top. In 1871, it was widened to allow four tracks to enter Liverpool Lime Street, because traffic had increased considerably since the station opened. References ...
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Olive Mount Chord
The Olive Mount chord in Liverpool, England, is a 300-metre stretch of railway track between Olive Mount Junction, in Olive Mount cutting, and Edge Lane Junction that provides access to the Canada Dock Branch (more usually known today as the Bootle Branch). History The Olive Mount Chord was built as part of the L&NWR's Canada Dock Branch railway, which opened in 1866. It was designed to ea