Widnes

Widnes, a borough of Lancashire, on the Mersey, 13 miles SE. of Liverpool by rail, with iron-foundries, copper-smelting works, and manufactures of soda, soap, candles, manures, &c. Its docks were enlarged in 1884. The population, about 2000 in 1851, had by 1891 increased to 30,011. Widnes, incorporated a borough in 1892, is connected with Runcorn on the other side of the Mersey by a handsome railway bridge.