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Cornwall: Truro. Plan and sections of branch of the West Cornwall Railway along the...
Catalogue reference: MPE 1/1326
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This record is about the Cornwall: Truro. Plan and sections of branch of the West Cornwall Railway along the... dating from 1854 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPE 1/1326
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1854
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cornwall: Truro. Plan and sections of branch of the West Cornwall Railway along the Truro River. Scale: 1 inch to 4 chains (horizontal) and 20 feet (vertical). By [I Brunel], 18 Duke Street, 8 July 1854.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- LRRO 1/1520
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 32.5 cm x 65.3 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4049574/
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MPE 1
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