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Board of Trade Railway Department: Drawings and Plans
Catalogue reference: MT 91
What's it about?
MT 91
This series consists of a register of drawings of the railways department of the Board of Trade, together with a small number of plans, including some relating to a proposed Channel Tunnel, 1866 to 1870, and some accompanying a report by Robert...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MT 91
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Trade Railway Department: Drawings and Plans
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Date (When the record was created)
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1840 - c1886
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of a register of drawings of the railways department of the Board of Trade, together with a small number of plans, including some relating to a proposed Channel Tunnel, 1866 to 1870, and some accompanying a report by Robert Stephenson, 1846 to 1847, arising from I K Brunel's proposals, on behalf of the Great Western Railway Company, for mixed gauge railways.
The drawings and plans which form this series are the bulk of surviving plans of the Board of Trade Railway Department.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Railway Commissioners, 1846-1851
- Board of Trade, Railway Department, 1840-1846
- Board of Trade, Railway Department, 1851-1919
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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10 flat sheets and volumes
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1980 to 1986 Department of Transport
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Board of Trade Railway Department came into existence in 1840. In 1844 it was reorganised as a Railway Board; in 1846 this board was dissolved and the Board of Trade's railway functions were passed to an independent Board of Railway Commissioners. In 1851 this was in turn dissolved and the regulation of railways reverted to a reconstituted Railway Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11140/
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