Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway/archive1

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was fatally injured there, struck by a locomotive. Wellington wished to cancel further events, but was persuaded to carry on. Hostile crowds met the trains in Manchester; Wellington refused to alight, and ordered a return to Liverpool. The opening of the L&M was widely-reported and people around the world became aware that cheap and rapid long-distance transport was now possible. (Full article...)

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