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SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY, a railway in Salop, North Wales, and Cheshire; from Shrewsbury north-westward, past Baschurch and Oswestry, to Chirk; and thence northward, and north-north-eastward, past Ruabon, Wrexham, and Gresford, to a junction with the Chester and Holyhead, near Chester. It is 42 miles long, exclusive of branches; was formed in 1845-8; has a viaduct 850 feet long at Chirk, and another 1,531 feet long in the vale of Llangollen; and was amalgamated with the Great Western.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a railway" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
| Administrative units: | Cheshire Ancient County Shropshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Shrewsbury |
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