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John Smeaton, early engineer
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1005/254
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- RAIL 1005/254
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John Smeaton, early engineer
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- GEN 3/185
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Archives and libraries
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Record URL
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RAIL 1005
Archivist's Historical Miscellanea
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Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
218,721 records
Within the department: RAIL
Records of the pre-nationalisation railway companies, pre-nationalisation canal and...
483 records
Within the series: RAIL 1005
Archivist's Historical Miscellanea
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John Smeaton, early engineer
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