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9 items extracted from CO 42/540. Maps of the eastern part of North America showing...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/769
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This record is about the 9 items extracted from CO 42/540. Maps of the eastern part of North America showing... dating from 1845-1846 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1845-1846
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9 items extracted from CO 42/540. Maps of the eastern part of North America showing proposed and actual railways. (1) Halifax to Quebec. Sir James Alexander, Capt. W. S. Moorsom & John Valentine, engineers. Lithographed by J H Bufford & Co. (2) St John to Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Halifax and Quebec. Drawn by John Grant. Lithographed by Thayer & Co, with coloured ms additions. (3) City of Toronto and Lake Huron Railway. Scale: about 1 inch to 80 miles. Lithographed by Madeley & Co. (4) Map of the townships in Canada West with tables of distances and reference table. (5) Ontario and Huron Junction railway, also showing various railways in the United States of America in an area between Boston and St. Louis. Lithographed by Madeley & Co. (6) Sketch of the proposed railroad from St Andrews, New Brunswick to Quebec. MS, coloured, on tracing paper. (7) Map of New Brunswick exhibiting the probable route of the proposed railroad from St John to Fredericton, Woodstock and Grand Falls Lithographed, with the proposed route in colour. (8) Sketch explanatory of the contemplated line of the railway from St. Andrews, New Brunswick to Quebec. Lithographed by Madeley & Co, with ms additions. (9) St. Andrews, New Brunswick to Quebec, showing link with steamship routes to England. Lithographed by Madeley & Co, with ms additions.
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 196
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