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Original Correspondence: Despatches. Includes 2 photographs depicting: Damage to...
Catalogue reference: CO 54/478
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This record is about the Original Correspondence: Despatches. Includes 2 photographs depicting: Damage to... dating from 1872 Sept-1872 Oct in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Ceylon, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 54/478
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1872 Sept-1872 Oct
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Description (What the record is about)
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Original Correspondence:
Despatches. Includes 2 photographs depicting: Damage to bridge on Ceylon Railway after a severe flood, 9-18 Sept, 1872. Dated 1872.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Topics
- International
- Railways
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