Series
Robert Fordyce Aickman: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/82
Date: 1905-1981
Papers of Robert Fordyce Aickman, 1945 to 1981, arising mainly from his work as founder and vice-president of the Inland Waterways Association,...
Series
Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal and Tramroad Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 896
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RAIL 896
This series consists of an agreement of the Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal and Tramroad Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 896
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Title (The name of the record)
- Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal and Tramroad Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1863
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of an agreement of the Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal and Tramroad Company.
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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
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal and Tramroad Company, 1812-1865
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 file(s)
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- Topics
- Canals and river transport
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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 Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal and Tramroad Company was incorporated by an act (52 Geo III, cap.clxxiii) passed in 1812 which authorised the construction of a canal or tramroad from Kymer's Canal at Spudders Bridge to a basin at the Old Castle House, Llanelly. The Act also authorised improvements to Kymer's Canal and the construction of other tramroads.
The canal was completed in 1824 and had a length of 9 miles, with 5 locks and 2 incline planes. A branch half a mile long connected the canal to Moat Farm.
Further Acts were passed for various purposes and in an act of 1865, the company's name was changed to the Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway Company which was empowered to discontinue the canal and build various railway lines. In 1866, the new company amalgamated with the Burry Port Railway Company to become the Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway Company. Construction of the railway commenced in 1867.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13084/
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