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6 items extracted from RAIL 635/277. Drawings of carriages and trucks used by the...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/684
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This record is about the 6 items extracted from RAIL 635/277. Drawings of carriages and trucks used by the... dating from 1863 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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- 1863
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6 items extracted from RAIL 635/277. Drawings of carriages and trucks used by the South Eastern Railway. Signed by Herbert Wheeler, Secretary, Railway Carriage Co Ltd, 16 May [18]63, and Richard C Mansell, Superintendent, South Eastern Railway Company, 26 March 1863. Produced to accompany specifications and a contract dated 15 May 1863. Detailed descriptions are given at item level.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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