A railway constructed along aqueducts in north west England from Heywood to Rawtenstall was built in response to the growing population of what time period?
East Lancashire Railway The East Lancashire Railway is a 12+1/2 mi heritage railway line in north west England which runs between Heywood and Rawtenstall with intermediate stations at Bury Bolton Street, Burrs Country Park , Summerseat, Ramsbottom and Irwell Vale.
Wigan Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, 7.9 mi south-west of Bolton, 10 mi north of Warrington and 16 mi west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town had a population of 97,000 in 2011, whilst the wider borough had a population of 318,100.