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1 item extracted from RAIL 1057/426. 'B.P. & G.V.Rly. Progress Section of Pwll to...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/812
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from RAIL 1057/426. 'B.P. & G.V.Rly. Progress Section of Pwll to... dating from 1898 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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- MFQ 1/812
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1898
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from RAIL 1057/426. 'B.P. & G.V.Rly. Progress Section of Pwll to Sandy Junction', Glamorganshire, Wales, showing work executed and under construction on the Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway. Reference table. Scale: horizontal 1 inch to 2 chains; vertical 1 inch to 20 feet. Extracted from a letter from H Court, Engineer, dated 9 September 1898.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- 20 cm x 100 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3983833/
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