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 Barton Bank Colliery, there is a branch to Broad Oak Colliery, in length seven furlongs and two chains; and from the last-mentioned branch there proceeds two collateral branches, one proceeding northwards to the Sankey Brook Colliery, one furlong and five chains in length, and another from the same point, in an eastwardly direction, to Ashton's Green Colliery, being in length two furlongs and six chains. The branch to Ravenhead Plate Glass Works quits the main line a short distance north of Peaseley Cross, and proceeds in a straight line westwards, across a branch of the Sankey Brook Navigation to the works above-mentioned, and is in length one mile and six chains; from this last-mentioned branch there proceeds three collateral branches, viz, one by Sutton and Burton Head Collieries to Dobson's Wood, which is in length six furlongs; another to the St. Helen's Plate Glass Works, in length one furlong; and another to Messrs. Clare and Haddock's Colliery, in length one furlong and one chain. From near the termination of the main line near Cowley Hill, a branch proceeds in a north-eastwardly direction to Rushy Park Colliery, in length four furlongs and six chains.

The main line, as we have already stated, is eight miles and seven furlongs in length, viz. from the Wet Dock to the Elton Head Colliery Branch, three miles, five furlongs and five chains; thence to the two branches, communicating north-eastwardly and north-westwardly with the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, one mile, five furlongs and four chains; thence to where it crosses the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, one furlong and four chains; from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to the two branches which communicate with it south-westwardly and south-eastwardly, one furlong and one chain; thence to the Ravenhead Plate Glass Works Branch, one mile and six furlongs; from the last-mentioned branch to where the Rushy Park Colliery Branch leaves the main line, one mile, one furlong and three chains; thence to its termination at Cowley Hill Colliery, two furlongs and three chains, making the total length eight miles and seven furlongs.

From the wet dock the railway is designed to rise gradually 142 feet in nearly one equal plane of four miles in length; and the next four furlongs and a half, terminating at the place called the