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Extract from 'The Liverpool Overhead Railway' by James Henry Greathead and Francis...

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/668/3

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This record is about the Extract from 'The Liverpool Overhead Railway' by James Henry Greathead and Francis... dating from 1894 in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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ZSPC 11/668/3
Date
1894
Description

Extract from 'The Liverpool Overhead Railway' by James Henry Greathead and Francis Fox, and 'The Electrical Equipment of the Liverpool Overhead Railway' by Thomas Parker, pages 1 - 36. These are excerpts from minutes of the proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Session 1893 - 1894. A very detailed description of the system and its construction and of its electrical equipment. At the back is a line map (22cm x 73cm) showing the stations and the docks which are served. Also there are sections of various parts of the elevated structure. Also at the back is a sectional drawing (22cm x 75cm) of the power station together with indicator diagrams showing power requirements along the line. A third sectional drawing (22cm x 60cm) shows a motor coach side elevation and internal layout, drawings of the bogies, a basic plan of the line and a plan of a cross-over road.

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Non record material
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Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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W E Hayward Collection

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