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Switzerland; Italy. (1) 'Plan d'un Avant-Projet de chemin de fer par le Simplon entre...

Catalogue reference: MPK 1/521/1-2

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MPK 1/521/1-2
Date
[1862]
Description

Switzerland; Italy. (1) 'Plan d'un Avant-Projet de chemin de fer par le Simplon entre Gamsen (Valais) et Domo d'Ossola [Domodossola],': plan of the proposed [Simplon] railway tunnel; scale: 1:50,000. (2) Sections of the proposed tunnel; scale: 1:20,000. Lithographed by Spengler & Co. Dimensions: (1) 29 cm x 70.5 cm; (2) 19.5 cm x 76 cm. Both items illustrated: 'Developpements complementaires d'un avant-projet de chemin de fer par le Simplon', by Charles Jaquemin, Lausanne, 1862, a copy of which was enclosed in Captain E A J Harris's despatch, 28 November 1862.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Physical condition
Lithographed
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 4435.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8971459/

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