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1 item extracted from MT 6/367/17. Shropshire: Shrewsbury. 'Gt. W. & L. & N.W. Jt....
Catalogue reference: MF 1/80
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from MT 6/367/17. Shropshire: Shrewsbury. 'Gt. W. & L. & N.W. Jt.... dating from 1884 in the series Public Record Office: maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... 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)
- MF 1/80
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1884
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from MT 6/367/17. Shropshire: Shrewsbury. 'Gt. W. & L. & N.W. Jt. Rys. [Great Western and London & North Western Joint Railways] Temporary Station &c. at Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury': plan and gradient diagram showing station and tracks adjacent to the Royal Agricultural Show ground. Key to points and related signal boxes. Scale: 1 inch to about 40 feet. Signed by [?]I Porthick and [?]Robert Johnston, Engineers' Office, Birkenhead, 22 May 1884. Stamped as drawing number 4026, received at the Board of Trade, 9 June 1884. Dimensions: (part 1) 72.5 cm x 131.5 cm; (part 2) 72.5 cm x 129.5 cm. Originally enclosed in a letter from J Grierson, Great Western Railway, to the Railway Department, Board of Trade, requesting permission to carry out the works, 6 June 1884.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 portfolio(s)
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:480
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured, on tracing paper. Split vertically in half; each portion is severely perished in places
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11605835/
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