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Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway: Construction of Railway - Contractor Frederick...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1057/422
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This record is about the Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway: Construction of Railway - Contractor Frederick... dating from 1868-1871 in the series Miscellaneous Papers and Records. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 1057/422
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1868-1871
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Description (What the record is about)
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Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway:
- Construction of Railway - Contractor Frederick Furniss.
- Contract and Schedule of Quantities (1868 July 9).
- Draft Contract for construction of further portion of line (1869).
- Draft Release (1871).
- Correspondence as to completion of contract (1870-1871).
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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)
- MPR 69/1
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Railways
- Construction industries
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2955360/
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RAIL 1057
Miscellaneous Papers and Records
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