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WREXHAM, MOLD, and CONNAHS-QUAY RAILWAY, a railway-system in the NE of Wales; comprising a line from Wrexham to Buckley, with branches, aggregately 12½ miles long, authorized in 1862; an extension to Whitchurch and Brymbo, 20 miles long, authorized in 1864; an extension to Farndon in the Dee valley, 8 miles long, authorized in 1865; an extension to Connahs-Quay, 18 miles long, authorized in 1865; and an extension from Hawarden to Buckley, 3¼ miles long, authorized in 1866.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a railway-system" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
Place: | Wrexham |
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