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Envelope typed 'Traeth Mawr sea wall', first of two on reverse of item 43, containing...

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/628/44

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ZSPC 11/628/44
Date
[1910 - 1960]
Description

Envelope typed 'Traeth Mawr sea wall', first of two on reverse of item 43, containing seven monochrome photographic images of the Festiniog Railway on 'The Cob' causeway embankment between Portmadoc and Boston Lodge works:

1) Postcard by Park, Newtown, 'Park for People series', with printed caption on face, embankment in mid- to far distance with train crossing [c.1910], 9cm x 14cm.

2) Postcard by Photochrom Company, with printed caption on face, double Fairlie locomotive No 10 'Merddin Emrys' heading passenger train, one coach lettered 'Welsh Highland Railway' [image c.1935], 9cm x 14cm.

3) Photograph, double Fairlie locomotive 'Taliesin' hauling passenger train on embankment [c.1935], 9cm x 14cm.

4) Cutting from unnamed journal [c. 1935], photographic illustration, No 10 'Merddin Emrys' hauling passenger train [approaching Boston Lodge not 'Portmadoc' as caption states].

5) Postcard (heavily retouched) by F Frith, with printed caption on face, view towards Portmadoc wih train approaching [image c.1938], 8cm x 13cm.

6) Postcard by Valentine and Sons with printed caption on face, view to Portmadoc from embankment with overgrown track [image c. 1950], 8cm x 13cm.

7) Oval cutting mounted on part of a postcard, with typed caption on face, view from embankment towards Boston Lodge [c.1960].

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The National Archives, Kew
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Non record material
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Open Immediately
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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