Chat Moss

Chat Moss is a large peat bog in Lancashire, England.

The bog is north of the River Irwell, five miles west of Manchester, and almost twelve square miles in area. It is thought to be about 7,000 years old.

The bog threatened the completion of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, until George Stephenson succeeded in constructing a railway line which "floated" on a wood and stone foundation in 1829.

Parts of it are used today for farming.

In 1993, the British composer Peter Maxwell Davies wrote a piece for school orchestra titled Chat Moss.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.

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