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The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company was founded on 24 May 1823 to build the Liverpool And Manchester Railway . It was established by Henry Booth , who became its secretary and treasurer, in 1825 along with other merchants from Liverpool and Manchester . A bill presented in 1825 to Parliament was rejected, it passed in May the following year. In Liverpool 172 people took 1979 shares, in London 96 took 844, Manchester 15 with 124, 24 others with 286. The Marquis Of Stafford had 1000, giving 308 Shareholder s with a total of 4233 issued shares. EXTERNAL LINKS
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