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'Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] Government Railway, Kandy'. two sheets of plans and sections...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1144
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This record is about the 'Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] Government Railway, Kandy'. two sheets of plans and sections... dating from 1880 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MR 1/1144
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1880
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] Government Railway, Kandy'. two sheets of plans and sections relating to the Matale extension. (1) Plan of the line between Ward Street and Mahaiyawa, showing War Department buildings; (2) 3 enlarged plans and 3 sections of the portions of the line running through military reserves. Scale: (1) 1 inch to 1 chain [1:792]; (2) 1 inch to 15 feet [1:180] (plans), 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96] (sections). Item (2) drawn by C Schwallie. Dimensions: (1) 77 cm x 132 cm; (2) 109 cm x 132 cm.
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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)
- WO 78/2226
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560171/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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