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Copy specification of works to be performed under Contract No. 2 Swansea Division...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 640/286
What’s it about?
This record is about the Copy specification of works to be performed under Contract No. 2 Swansea Division... dating from 1846 Oct 31 in the series South Wales Railway Company: Records. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RAIL 640/286
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Date (When the record was created)
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1846 Oct 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Copy specification of works to be performed under Contract No. 2 Swansea Division for construction of line from Cadoxton Juxta Neath, Glamorgan, to Llansamlet, Glamorgan
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Railways
- Construction industries
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11035751/
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Series information
RAIL 640
South Wales Railway Company: Records
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South Wales Railway Company: Records
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Copy specification of works to be performed under Contract No. 2 Swansea Division...
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