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Rh Stephenson's engine, the Rocket. ) We now pass under an iron bridge of two arches, over which passes the Railway from St. Helens to Runcorn Gap; the engine-house, for the assistant engine, is on the right, at the bottom of the incline; the railroad to the left is the St. Helens Junction Line, and close to it is the

We now proceed across Parr Moss. The township in which it is situated was formerly the property of the family of Catherine Parr, wife of Henry VIII. The

is the next we arrive at; and shortly after cross the Sankey Embankment. Burton Wood is on the right: Newton Race-course is on the left, and may be discovered by the Grand Stand, which from hence is a conspicuous object. The Sankey Embankment, over which the traveller has been passing since he left the post marked 13½ miles, is the heaviest on the line, being, in some places, 70 feet above the level of the canal. The viaduct is built on piles; the road is 25 feet wide, and is supported by 9 arches of 50 feet span; the work cost £45,000. We now arrive at the Sankey Viaduct; it is an object well worthy of the traveller's attention. The Sankey Canal flows beneath it; this canal was the first ever cut in England.