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Definition of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the Liverpool and Manchester Railway

 
/ðə ˌlɪvəpuːl ən ˌmæntʃɪstə ˈreɪlweɪ/,
 
/ðə ˌlɪvəpuːl ən ˌmæntʃestə ˈreɪlweɪ/
 
/ðə ˌlɪvərpuːl ən ˌmæntʃestər ˈreɪlweɪ/
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  1. a railway between Liverpool and Manchester in north-west England, opened in 1830. It was the first public railway in the world that used steam trains for its whole length, and was built by George Stephenson.
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