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Furness Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 214
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RAIL 214
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Furness Railway Company.Documents include minutes of general, directors' and committee meetings, engineers' report books, various construction contract records and plans,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 214
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Title (The name of the record)
- Furness Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1844-1928
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Furness Railway Company.
Documents include minutes of general, directors' and committee meetings, engineers' report books, various construction contract records and plans, signalling records and diagrams, staff registers and miscellaneous agreements.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- FUR
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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)
- Furness Railway Company, 1844-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 132 files, rolls and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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- Topics
- Railways
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Furness Railway Company was incorporated by act of 23rd May 1844.
The company became one of constituent companies of London Midland & Scottish Railway Company as from 1st January 1923, under North Western, Midland and West Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922, dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12402/
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