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Liverpool To Michael Longridge, Bedlington Iron Works, Nr. Morpeth. Refers to...
Catalogue reference: 385 STE/13
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- 385 STE/13
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Date (When the record was created)
- 23 Aug. 1829
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Description (What the record is about)
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Liverpool
To Michael Longridge, Bedlington Iron Works, Nr. Morpeth.
Refers to the supply of 10 tons of rails to Messrs. James and Peter Bourne of the Warrington and Newton Railway Co. but mostly relates to "...The New Locomotive Engine [which] works well and makes no Smoke - We had a grand day last Friday - Huskisson visited the greater part of the Line with the Directors - of course I was one of the party .... at Olive Mount we were met by the Locomotive Engine which took the whole party amounting to about 135 through the deep cutting at the rate of 9 miles an hour ...... The Engine really did well......."
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Liverpool Record Office
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Acc. 2284
Purchased from Francis Edward Ltd., 83, Marylebone High Street, London W1M 4 AZ in December 1970 with the aid of a grant from the Friends of the National Libraries.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/4b8a59df-9801-4bc0-aa67-bc063712f2b3/
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