td53
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Did a walk around Chat Moss too last year. Sounds a bit ironic but I presume the building of the M62 is what made that area cut off?
Looking at it, it seems the reason they floated the railway was they tried draining the bogs but just couldn't. It's lower than everywhere around it so that possibly an other reason why it's cut off cos a lot of it just isn't worth the effort to build on.
Also, seemingly the railway still floats on the same stuff as it did in 1829 - Heather covered in tar and timbers in a herringbone pattern. I find that incredible.