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Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Company

Catalogue reference: RAIL 866

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RAIL 866

Director's minutes, miscellaneous books and records and shareholders records of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Company.

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Reference
RAIL 866
Title
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Company
Date
1890-1948
Description

Director's minutes, miscellaneous books and records and shareholders records of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Company.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
SYN.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Company, 1889-1947
Physical description
17 files and volumes
Subjects
Topics
Canals and river transport
Administrative / biographical background

Incorporated by act of 26th August 1889 to purchase Dearne and Dove Canal, Sheffield and Tinsley Canal, River Dun Navigation and Stainforth and Keadby Canal from Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company. Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Company was vested in British Transport Commission by Transport Act 1947.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13054/

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