Item
Duplicate of MFQ 1/605/1
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/605/6
Date: 1883
Duplicate of MFQ 1/605/1
Piece
5 items extracted from T 1/7509. Proposed Channel Tunnel. (1) 'Tunnel Sous-Marin,...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/979
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This record is about the 5 items extracted from T 1/7509. Proposed Channel Tunnel. (1) 'Tunnel Sous-Marin,... dating from 1874-1875 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 1/979
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1874-1875
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Description (What the record is about)
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5 items extracted from T 1/7509. Proposed Channel Tunnel. (1) 'Tunnel Sous-Marin, Entre la France et L'Angleterre. Sous le Pas-de-Calais.' Cross-sections showing geological formations at tunnel entrances. Scale: 1:500. (2) 'Tunnel Sous-Marin, Entre la France et L'Angleterre.' Map showing proposed route of tunnel, with the coasts of England and France, soundings, sand banks. Reference tables and notes. Scale: 1 inch to approximately 2 miles. (3) 'County of Kent, Parish of St. Margarets at Cliffe' plan showing St Margarets Bay, water marks, beach, cliffs, buildings. Also shown are limits of area to be acquired. Scale: 1 inch to 212 feet. Compass indicator. (4) Map of part of Kent used to show proposed land purchase at St Margarets Bay by Channel Tunnel Company. Relief map also details towns of Dover and Deal, villages, roads, railways. No scale shown. (5) 'Tunnel Sous-Marin, Entre la France et L'Angleterre, Sous le Pas-de-Calais. Profil en long.' Cross-section of tunnel detailing dimensions. Dimensions: (1) 32 cm x 42 cm; (2) 31 cm x 42 cm; (3) 31 cm x 41 cm; (4) 31 cm x 39.5 cm; (5) 31.5 cm x 69 cm.
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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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- English and French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3984000/
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