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1 item (enclosures in Mr James George's letter of 20 December 1824) extracted from...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/494
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- MPG 1/494
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1824
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosures in Mr James George's letter of 20 December 1824) extracted from CO 42/202 . Quebec. Plans, sections and drawings of a proposed wooden railway for horse-drawn wagons and of a scheme for using steam power to convey small sailing vessels and wagons, overland by rail on cradles. The steam, generated from a boiler house, was to be used to supply power to chains, by which the cradles etc. would be drawn.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 41.7 cm x 52.1 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 1714
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981183/
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MPG 1
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