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Senate House Library, University of London

Forth Bridge Railway Company

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS1130

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Forth Bridge Railway Company

Date(s): 1899-1927

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Forth Bridge Railway Company

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Forth Bridge Railway Company was set up in 1873 with the aim of building a bridge across the Firth of Forth at Queensferry, thereby extending the Scottish railway system north from Edinburgh. The Forth Bridge Railway Company (though it was part of the LNER network) legally survived in name until it was absorbed by the British Transport Commission in 1948 in the aftermath of the nationalisation of the railways.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

The Forth Bridge Railway Company: Letter to Challinor and Company, solicitors, 1899; interest warrants, 1913-1927.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

1 file only.

Conditions governing access:

Open for research.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

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Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Transferred from Senate House Library.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Senate House Library

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Richard Temple.