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Gloucestershire. 'Improvement of The Severn Navigation East Channel near Gloucester...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/739
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This record is about the Gloucestershire. 'Improvement of The Severn Navigation East Channel near Gloucester... dating from 1945 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MR 1/739
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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Gloucestershire. 'Improvement of The Severn Navigation East Channel near Gloucester between Upper Parting and Lower Parting'. By Rendel Palmer & Tritton, Civil Engineers. (1) Title page to items 2-5. (2) 'Scheme A' showing proposed new courses and bridges. Part of Gloucester, quays, railways and fields also shown. Compass indicator. Scale: 1 inch to 210 feet. (3) 'Scheme B' showing alternative new courses. Scale: 1 inch to 210 feet. (4) Railway diversion schemes 'A' and 'B' with sections. Various scales. Compass indicator. (5) Road diversion scheme 'B' with section. Various scales. Compass indicator.
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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)
- MT 52/178
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- Public Record(s)
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- 69.5 cm x 183 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from records of various departments
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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