Editing Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal (section)

=== Railway proposal ===
{{Main|Manchester and Bolton Railway}}
[[File:Mbbcnr seal 1831-monochrome.png|right|thumb|The seal of the Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal Navigation & Railway Company]]
In March 1829 the idea of building a branch railway line from the Oldfield Road terminus in Salford to the new [[Liverpool and Manchester Railway]] was mooted, but nothing was built. In 1830 the canal company, led by chairman [[Sir John Tobin]], began to promote a proposal to build a railway along the line of the canal, from Salford to Bolton. Alexander Nimmo was employed to report on the proposal and told that it was possible "so far as he expressed himself capable of judging from his present cursory view of the canal".<ref name="Hadfieldpp256257">{{Harvnb|Hadfield|Biddle|1970|pp=256–257.}}</ref> The shareholders then sought a bill for a railway from Bolton to Manchester and on 23 August 1831 obtained an act of Parliament, the [[Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway Act 1831]] ([[1 & 2 Will. 4]]. c. lx), to become the "Company of Proprietors of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway Company".<ref name="PagetTomlinsonpp148149"/><ref name="Hadfieldpp256257"/> They were empowered to build a line from Manchester to Bolton and Bury, "upon or near the line of&nbsp;...&nbsp;the Canal", and a branch from [[Clifton Aqueduct]] through to [[Great Lever]]. In 1832 this company obtained another act of Parliament, the [[Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway Act 1832]] ([[2 & 3 Will. 4]]. c. lxix), that allowed it to build the railway.<ref name=Backtrack>{{Citation | title = Backtrack Volume 17 | url = http://www.steamindex.com/backtrak/bt17.htm#252 | publisher = www.steamindex.com | access-date = 30 June 2008}}</ref> Due mainly to the objections of local mine owners who would have lost access to the canal and supplies, and would not have had branch railways built for them, the company agreed to an amending bill which would keep the canal and allow the new railway to be constructed alongside it.<ref>{{Harvnb|Hadfield|Biddle|1970|p=257.}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = Canal at Pendleton in 19 November 1966|url=http://www.images.manchester.gov.uk/web/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=57659 | publisher = Manchester Libraries | access-date = 30 June 2008}}</ref> Due to technical and financial constraints the branch to Bury was never built.<ref>{{Harvnb|Wells|1995|p=3.}}</ref> The canal therefore survived, although locks 4 and 5 in Salford were moved and combined into a two-rise [[staircase locks|staircase]], with a second tunnel built underneath the line<ref>{{Harvnb|Tomlinson|1991|p=65.}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Chester-Browne|1995|p=12.}}</ref> which became known as the [[Manchester and Bolton Railway]].

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| long_title            = An Act to incorporate the Company of Proprietors of the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway with the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company.
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| citation              = [[9 & 10 Vict.]] c. ccclxxviii
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The line opened on 28 May 1838,<ref>{{Harvnb|Bardsley|1960|p=7.}}</ref> and the company had purchased four [[Steam locomotive|locomotives]] from [[Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy]], two from [[George Forrester and Company]], and two from [[William Fairbairn & Sons]].<ref>{{Citation | title = Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway locomotives | url = http://www.steamindex.com/locotype/lyr.htm | publisher = www.steamindex.com | access-date = 30 August 2008}}</ref> Between the opening date and 9 January 1839 the railway carried 228,799 passengers – far more than had been carried on the canal.<ref>{{Harvnb|N/A|1851|p=222.}}</ref> Shortly thereafter passenger services on the canal ceased and the boats were sold off. In 1846 the company was taken over by the [[Manchester and Leeds Railway]],<ref name=Backtrack/> which itself became the [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]] (L&YR) the following year. In 1890 the L&YR widened the line through Salford. Locks 4, 5 and 6 were moved slightly to the north and the tunnel under the railway was replaced by a bridge (although it is still referred to as a tunnel).<ref>{{Harvnb|Chester-Browne|1995|p=13.}}</ref>

In 1922 the L&YR amalgamated into the [[London and North Western Railway]], and in 1923 this company amalgamated into the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]]. This company was nationalised in 1948 under the [[Transport Act 1947]] and became part of [[British Railways]].