On
the Stockton & Darlington line George
Stephenson's buildings were very plain. The directors of the Liverpool
& Manchester Company suggested to George
Stephenson that they would like something more ornate on their
line. The result was the Moorish Arch at Edge Hill. This was the point
where cable haulage changed to locomotive power. Stephenson therefore
used the Moorish Arch as camouflage for the stationary engines which
powered both inclines.
The Liverpool & Manchester line
was so successful that in the the 1860s it needed a wider line to
give additional access to Crown Street Station. Unfortunately, this
meant that the Moorish Arch had to be taken down.
A lithograph of John Forster's Moorish Arch
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