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Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, , known as Frederick Stanley until 1886 and as Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and the sixth Governor General of Canada, from 1888 to 1893. An avid sportsman, he built Stanley House Stables in England, and is famous in North America for presenting Canada with the Stanley Cup. Stanley was also one of the original inductees of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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  • 1. Causey Arch Stanley County Durham England
    The Causey Arch is a bridge near Stanley in County Durham, northern England. It is the oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge in the world, and a key element of the industrial heritage of England. It was built in 1725–26 by stonemason Ralph Wood, funded by a conglomeration of coal-owners known as the Grand Allies at a cost of £12,000. Two tracks crossed the Arch: one to take coal to the River Tyne, and the other for returning the empty wagons. Over 900 horse-drawn wagons crossed the arch each day using the Tanfield Railway. When the bridge was completed in 1726, it was the longest single-span bridge in the country with an arch span of 31 metres , a record it held for thirty years until 1756 when the Old Bridge was built in Pontypridd, Wales. After he designed the bridge, Ralph Wood...
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