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Swansea Canal Navigation Company

Catalogue reference: RAIL 876

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RAIL 876

Miscellaneous records of the Swansea Canal Navigation Company.

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Reference

RAIL 876

Title
Swansea Canal Navigation Company
Date

1790-1918

Description

Miscellaneous records of the Swansea Canal Navigation Company.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

SWC.

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Swansea Canal Navigation Company, 1794-1872
Physical description

50 files and volumes

Subjects
Topics
Canals and river transport
Administrative / biographical background

Incorporated by act of 23rd May 1794 (34 Geo III, cap.109) as "Company of Proprietors of Swansea Canal Navigation".

Company was vested in Great Western Railway Company under Great Western Railway (Swansea Canal) Act 25th July 1872 and Canal Company was thereby dissolved.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13064/

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