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Ely and Newmarket Railway, Junction Lines

Catalogue reference: Q/RUm/78

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Q/RUm/78
Title
Ely and Newmarket Railway, Junction Lines
Description

Description:

1. Construction of a railway commencing by a junction with the G.E.R. line 220 yards South of Ely Station, and terminating by a junction with the Newmarket and Bury branch of the G.E.R. near where the railway goes under the road from Newmarket to Bury St. Edmunds.

2. A short junction railway commencing at the termination of railway No. 1, and terminating by a junction with the Newmarket & Bury Railway at a point approximately six furlongs (1,320 yards) North-Eastwards of Railway No. 1.

Passing through the following parishes;

1. Intermixed parishes of Ely St. Mary and Ely Trinity, Ely Trinity, Soham, Fordham, Snailwell (all co. Cambridgeshire).

- Exning, (co. Suffolk).

2. Snailwell (co. Cambridgeshire).

Comprising:

- Plans and sections. 7 sheets, each 22 x 29 (2 copies).

- Book of reference.

- Printed summary of bill.

Scales:

- Plans and sections: Horizontal 6 chains (132 yards) to 1 inch; Vertical 60 feet to 1 inch.

- Cross sections: Horizontal 5 chains (110 yards) to 1 inch; Vertical 40 feet to 1 inch.

Engineer: George Hopkins, 30 Parliament Street, Westminster.

Act: 38-9 Victoria, ch. ccv (1875).

Held by
Cambridgeshire Archives
Language
English
Immediate source of acquisition

Plan deposited 30 November, 1874

Record URL
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Ely and Newmarket Railway, Junction Lines