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Sussex and Kent. 'Session 1876. South-Eastern Railway. Extension of Hythe and Sandgate...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/2237
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- WO 78/2237
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1876
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sussex and Kent. 'Session 1876. South-Eastern Railway. Extension of Hythe and Sandgate Branch Railway & c. Plans and Sections': book of maps and drawings. (1) Front cover. (2) Title page. (3-5) Three sheets of maps and sections showing the railway line through Folkestone and Cheriton, Kent. Horizontal scale: 6 3/8 inches to about 20 chains and 5 1/8 inches to about 20 chains; vertical scale: 6 3/8 inches to about 250 feet. (6-8) Three sheets of maps and sections showing the widening of part of the line between Charing Cross and London Bridge stations, running through Southwark, Surrey (now the London Borough of Southwark). Horizontal scale: 4 5/8 inches to about 6 chains; vertical scale: 3 7/8 inches to about 150 feet. (9) Plan and section showing a proposed bridge across Villiers Street opposite the Charing Cross Hotel, in Westminster, Middlesex (now the London Borough of Westminster). Horizontal scale: 3 3/16 inches to about 150 feet; vertical scale: 5 3/16 inches to about 100 feet. (10-17) Map of Folkestone, showing additional railway land. Scale: 6 1/2 inches to 20 chains. With a detailed inset; scale: 4 7/8 inches to 2 chains. (11-17) Seven maps showing the railway line through Hastings, Hollington, Saint Leonard's, Battle, Crowhurst, Whatlington and Mountfield, Sussex. Scale: 6 1/2 inches to 20 chains. Compass indicators. (18) Map of the environs of Tunbridge Wells station, Kent. Scale: 8 inches to 5 chains. Compass indicator. (19) Map of the environs of Charing Cross station, Middlesex (now in the London Borough of Westminster). Scale: 4 5/8 inches to about 6 chains. (20) Map of the environs of Greenwich station, Kent (now the London Borough of Greenwich). Scale: 7 9/16 inches to 10 chains. (21). Back cover. [All items by] Francis Brady, Engineer; lithographed by Thomas Kell and Co, Covent Garden.
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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)
- F 261
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Lithographed
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- Open Document, Open Description
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