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Great Eastern Railway. (New Line and Improvements at Cambridge).

Catalogue reference: Q/RUm/121

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Q/RUm/121
Title
Great Eastern Railway. (New Line and Improvements at Cambridge).
Description

Title Great Eastern Railway, New Line and Improvements at Cambridge.

Description:

1. To construct a railway commencing in the parish of St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge, by a junction with the Cambridge/Ely main line, and terminating in Cherryhinton by a junction with the Newmarket Branch Railway.

2. A widening (wholly in the parish of St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge) of the Cambridge main line (East side) between Hills Road Bridge and Mill Road Bridge; also the improvement of the Railway Station.

3. A diversion and alteration of the line and levels of Coldhams Lane, Cambridge (in the parish of St. Andrew the Less).

Passing through the following parishes:

- St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge, and Cherryhinton (both co. Cambridgeshire).

Comprising:

- Plan and sections: 8 sheets, each 22 x 30 (2 copies).

- Book of reference.

- Printed summary of the bill.

- Ordnance Survey sheet, scale: 1 inch to 1 mile.

Scales:

1. Plan and section: Horizontal- 3 chains (66 yards) to 1 inch; Vertical- 60 feet to 1 inch.

- Cross sections- Horizontal- 4 chains(88 yards) to 1 inch; Vertical- 40 feet to 1 inch

2 & 3. Plan and section: Horizontal- 1 chain (22 yards) to 1½ inches; Vertical- 60 feet to 1 inch.

Engineer: John Wilson.

Act 56-57 Victoria, ch. Ixviii, 1893.

Held by
Cambridgeshire Archives
Language
English
Immediate source of acquisition

Plan deposited 28 November, 1892.

Record URL
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Great Eastern Railway. (New Line and Improvements at Cambridge).