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Forth Bridge Railway
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1066/948
What’s it about?
This record is about the Forth Bridge Railway dating from 1882 in the series Parliamentary Bills and Minutes of Evidence, etc.. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Is it available online?
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 1066/948
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1882
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Description (What the record is about)
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Forth Bridge Railway
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- PYB 1/941
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Railways
- Transport management
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C991683/
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Series information
RAIL 1066
Parliamentary Bills and Minutes of Evidence, etc.
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Catalogue hierarchy
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the series: RAIL 1066
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Forth Bridge Railway
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