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'Taff Bargoed Railways jointly owned by the Great Western & Rhymney Railway Companies':...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1030/75
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This record is about the 'Taff Bargoed Railways jointly owned by the Great Western & Rhymney Railway Companies':... dating from [c.1867] in the series British Transport Historical Records: Maps, Plans and Surveys of Individual Railway.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- RAIL 1030/75
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c.1867]
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Taff Bargoed Railways jointly owned by the Great Western & Rhymney Railway Companies': two sheets. (1) Diagrammatic map showing the joint lines, the Dowlais Iron Company's Fochrhiw Colliery Line, and their connections with existing Great Western Railway and Rhymney Railway lines. Reference table to point-to-point distances. Compass star. (2) Longitudinal section of the joint lines, including some very steep gradients. Scale: 1 inch to 80 chains (horizontal); 1 inch to 80 feet (vertical). Both sheets lithographed by Thomas Kell, 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)
- MPS 2/67
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- Public Record(s)
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Lithographed, coloured
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3468202/
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RAIL 1030
British Transport Historical Records: Maps, Plans and Surveys of Individual Railway...
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