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Rugeley to Cannock. However ten months later on 26 November 1852 the company's engineer John Addison reported that work had been suspended due to the very bad state of the weather, and the following year on 16 September 1853 he
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Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Company, to repeal their Act and consolidate their Powers, to alter and define their Undertaking, to reduce their Capital; and for other
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the company had little money to proceed with the project, and a major partner would be required, with enough financial backing to enable the construction to move forward. In 1852 Addison had prepared a scheme for an extension from Cannock to
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and Thomas Field were given the work. During the period of construction, an omnibus service was introduced, running from the LNWR at Rugeley to the SSR, newly opened at Cannock, and operated on behalf of the CMR.
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miles; and to reduce the share capital to £200,000 (later altered to £160,000). In addition the name of the company was to be changed to the Cannock Mineral Railway. The new company was authorised by the
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