Plodder Lane engine shed was built by the LNWR to coincide with expanding its operations in the Bolton area in the 1870s and in particular the opening of a direct route from Bolton Great Moor Street station to Manchester via Walkden in 1875.[4]
^Holland 2001, p. 48
^Griffiths & Smith 2000, p. 264.
^Holland 2001, p. 146
^Butt 1995, p. 38.
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