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'Taking in Water at Parkside', Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. The world's first intercity railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830. Parkside is famous for being the station where William Huskisson MP was injured during the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. After alighting from the 'Northumbrian', which had stopped to take in water, Huskisson was struck by another locomotive and later died from his injuries. Plate 13 from Coloured view of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. (London, 1832-1833).