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Great Eastern Railway. Line Improvements, etc.

Catalogue reference: Q/RUm/111

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Q/RUm/111
Title
Great Eastern Railway. Line Improvements, etc.
Description

Description:

1. Construction of a railway line to form a junction between the G.E.R. Cambridge and Ely main line and the G.E.R. Newmarket Branch.

2. Widening of the line and improvements at Cambridge Station, between Hills Road and Mill Road, Cambridge.

3. Widening and improvement of the Cambridge and Norwich main line at Ely.

4. Widening and improvement of the Lynn and Wisbech Railway Line at Wisbech.

5. Diversion of the crossing in Mill Road, Cambridge.

Passing through the following parishes:

1. St. Andrew the Less (Cambridge) and Cherryhinton (co. Cambridgeshire).

2. St. Andrew the Less (Cambridge).

3. Ely St. Mary and Ely Trinity (both co. Cambridgeshire)

4. Wisbech St. Peter (co. Cambridgeshire)

5. St. Andrew the Less (Cambridge).

Comprising:

- Plans and sections: 11 sheets, each 22 x 30.

- Book of reference.

- Printed summary of bill. (Many works outside the county).

- Ordnance Survey sheet, scale: 1 inch to 1 mile.

Scales:

1. Plans and sections: Horizontal- 3 chains (66 yards) to to 1 inch; Vertical- 60 feet to 1 inch

2. Plans and sections: Horizontal- 40 feet to 1 inch; Vertical- 60 feet to 1 inch.

3. Plans and sections: Horizontal- 132 feet to 1 inch; Vertical- 40 feet to 1 inch.

4. Plans and sections: & cross sections: Horizontal- 2 chains (44 yards) to 1 inch; Vertical- 40 feet to 1 inch.

5. Plans and sections: Horizontal- 43 feet (approx.) to 1 inch; Vertical- 40 feet to 1 inch.

Engineer:

- John Wilson.

Held by
Cambridgeshire Archives
Language
English
Immediate source of acquisition

Plan deposited 30 November, 1886.

Record URL
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Great Eastern Railway. Line Improvements, etc.