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Cambridge Tramway Extensions

Catalogue reference: Q/RUm/136

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Q/RUm/136
Title
Cambridge Tramway Extensions
Description

Description:

1. Extension of existing tramway from outside Great St. Andrews church to the junction of Petty Cury and Sidney Street, Cambridge

1a. Branch from no. 1 into Hobson Street.

2. Extension of existing line from the junction of Hills Road and Station Road in a southerly direction along Hills Road, Cherry Hinton Road by the junction with Blinco Grove.

3. Extension of existing line at St. Andrew's Street, travelling along Emmanuel Street, Parker Street, Parkside, Mill Road, and terminating near Cyprus Street

4. Extension of the East Road tramway along Newmarket Road (eastern end) and terminating near River Lane.

5. Extension of tramway no. 3 into Drummer Street.

6. Extension of the St. Andrew's Street line from the end of Emmanuel Street to the end of Downing Street to make it double track

7. Construction of double-track outside University Arms Hotel, Regent Street.

8. Construction of double track at the Hills Road/Station Road junction

9. Extension of the Station Road line into the railway station.

10. Sites for generationg stations at Hooper Street and East Road, Cambridge.

11. Widening of Emmanuel Street, Mill Road and East Road, all in Cambridge

Passing through the following parishes:

1. & 1a. St. Andrew the GReat, Cambridge

2. St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge and Cherry Hinton

3. St. Andrew the Great, Cambridge

4. St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge

5. & 6. St. Andrew the Great, Cambridge

7. St. Andrew the Great and St. Benedict, both in Cambridge

8. St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge

9. St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge

10. St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge

11. Emmanuel Street in the parish of St. Andrew the Great; Mill Road and East Road, in the parish of St. Andrew the Less; all in Cambridge.

Comprising:

- Plans and sections: 4 sheets, each 21 x 30 (2 copies)

- Book of reference (2 copies)

- Printed copy of the bill

Scales:

- Plans and section: Horizontal 3 chains (66 yards) to 1 inch

- Section: Vertical 90 feet to 1 inch

- For enlarged plans: 40 feet to 1 inch

Engineers:

- Kincaid, Waller and Manville

Borough Engineer and Surveyor:

- E. Wareham Harry

Held by
Cambridgeshire Archives
Language
English
Immediate source of acquisition

Plan deposited November 1899 (Not endorsed by the Clerk of the Peace)

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/cf859f81-8759-453f-ad7c-6492fb905575/

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Cambridge Tramway Extensions