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Railway Commissioners Returns and Plans of Iron Bridges
Catalogue reference: MT 8
What's it about?
MT 8
This series consists of returns and plans sent in by most railway companies in 1847 in response to a circular from the Office of the Commissioners following the failure of an iron bridge over the River Dee.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 8
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Title (The name of the record)
- Railway Commissioners Returns and Plans of Iron Bridges
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1847
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of returns and plans sent in by most railway companies in 1847 in response to a circular from the Office of the Commissioners following the failure of an iron bridge over the River Dee.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Board of Railway Commissioners, 1846-1851
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1977 Department of Transport
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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
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11058/
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