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Series
Old and New Channel Tunnel Companies: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 779
What's it about?
RAIL 779
These records, formerly located at British Railways Southern Region storeroom, London Bridge, consist of papers, printed matter and plans of the (Old) Channel Tunnel Company, the Submarine Continental Railway Company and their succeeding company,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 779
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Title (The name of the record)
- Old and New Channel Tunnel Companies: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1869-1930
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Description (What the record is about)
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These records, formerly located at British Railways Southern Region storeroom, London Bridge, consist of papers, printed matter and plans of the (Old) Channel Tunnel Company, the Submarine Continental Railway Company and their succeeding company, the (New) Channel Tunnel Company; papers of the South Eastern Railway and the Southern Railway; and independently created miscellanea and polemical material.
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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 and French
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Channel Tunnel Company, 1872-1886
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 229 files, rolls and volumes
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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 1979-2003 British Railways Board
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing
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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 (Old) Channel Tunnel Company was incorporated in 1872. In 1874 the South Eastern Railway obtained powers to undertake experimental workings and in December 1881 floated the Submarine Continental Railway Company
In 1886 the Submarine Continental Railway purchased the Channel Tunnel Company, which was wound up. In March 1887 the Submarine Continental Railway adopted the title of (New) Channel Tunnel Company, which was extant as of 1958.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12967/
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Old and New Channel Tunnel Companies: Records
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