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British Library of Political and Economic Science
Bridges, Roads and Canals in Scotland
IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 COLL F
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: Bridges, Roads and Canals in Scotland
Date(s): 1782-1841
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 9 volumes
Name of creator(s): Unknown.
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
No information available at present.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers mainly concerning the construction and administration of bridges, roads, piers, railways, harbours, reservoirs and canals in Scotland, 1782-1841, including correspondence of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771-1851), and Sir Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas (1741-1820). The collection comprises letters, petitions, memorials, plans, estimates, reports, financial accounts, legal papers, trustees minutes and circulars relating to bridges including the Dee, Don, Urie, Findhorn, Montrose, Nairn, Pease, and Spey; canals including the Borrowstone Canal Navigation, the Clarence Canal, the Forth and Clyde Navigation, and the Union Canal (Falkirk to Edinburgh); ferries such as the Dysart Ferry, Queensferry, and Tay Ferries; harbours and piers notably Burntisland Harbour and Pier, Kinghorn Harbour, Hartlepool Pier, and Newhaven Pier; the Gala Water Railroad; the North Esk Reservoirs; roads in Aberdeen, Inverness, Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Glenlaidnaig, Glenlichorn, Lanarkshire, Lauriston, Perth, and Stirling.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Bound volumes. Arranged in sections as follows: bridges, canals, ferries, harbours, piers, railways, reservoirs, roads, and miscellaneous.
Conditions governing access:
Open. Microfilm available.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No copyright restrictions. Microfilm copies only.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Printed handlist available.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
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ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Microfilm made available by Follet Preservation Microfilming Project, 1998. Films are held on open access in the Library (Archives MF 302).
Related material:
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2000
- INDEX ENTRIES
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- Subjects
- Bridges | Transport infrastructure
- Canals | Transport infrastructure
- Economic history | Economics
- Harbours | Transport infrastructure
- Railway transport | Transport
- Reservoirs | Hydraulic structures | Hydraulic engineering
- Rivers | Surface water | Water resources
- Roads | Transport infrastructure
- History
- Waterways
- Personal names
- Dundas | Henry | 1742-1811 | 1st Viscount Melville | Scots statesman x Melville | 1st Viscount
- Dundas | Robert Saunders | 1771-1851 | 2nd Viscount Melville | Scots statesman x Melville | 2nd Viscount
- Dundas | Thomas | 1741-1820 | 1st Baron Dundas | Vice-Admiral of Orkney and Shetland
- Corporate names
- Borrowstone Canal Navigation
- Burntisland Harbour and Pier
- Clarence Canal
- Dee Bridge
- Dysart Ferry
- Findhorn Bridge
- Forth and Clyde Navigation
- Gala Water Railroad
- Hartlepool Pier
- Kinghorn Harbour
- Montrose Bridge
- Nairn Bridge
- Newhaven Pier
- North Esk Reservoir
- Queensferry
- Spey Bridge
- Tay Ferry
- Union Canal | from Falkirk to Edinburgh
- Urie Bridge
- Places
- Aberdeen | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Burntisland | Fife | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Clyde, Firth of | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Dalkeith | Midlothian | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Dee, River | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Don, River | Russian Federation | Eastern Europe
- Dysart | Fife | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Edinburgh | Midlothian | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Findhorn, River | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Forth, River | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Glenlaidnaig | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Glenlichorn | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Hartlepool | County Durham | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Inverness | Invernessshire | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Kinghorn | Fife | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Lanarkshire | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Lauriston | Midlothian | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Montrose | Angus | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Nairn, River | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Newhaven | Sussex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- North Esk, River | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Perth | Perthshire | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Queensferry | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Spey, River | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Stirling | Stirlingshire | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Tay, River | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
- Urie, River | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe