Blackpool Promenade !

Following on from yesterday here is a little more information on the Manchester and Leeds Railway and the Summit Tunnel :

The Tunnel had a workforce of between 800 and 1,25o men and boys aided by about 100 horses and 13 stationary engines used mainly for hauling excavated material out of the shafts.
Inside it every piece of rock was hewn using only hand tools by candlelight.
The railway track was laid directly onto chunks of the excavated rock but later more traditional wooden sleepers were used. The rocks weren't wasted as they were later used to construct part of Blackpool Promenade.
The first section of the Manchester and Leeds Railway from Manchester to Littleborough was formally opened on the 3rd of July 1839 with the Summit Tunnel completed and the whole line opened on the 1st of March 1841.
The engineer was George Stephenson.