IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 COLL MISC 0023
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: Cheltenham and Oxford Railway Company
Date(s): 1845-1846
Level of description: collection
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s): Cheltenham and Oxford Railway Company
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Richard Trevithick, a Cornish engineer, built the first steam locomotive for a railway, in 1804. The Manchester to Liverpool railway of 1830 was the first to convey passengers and goods entirely by mechanical traction. By 1852 nearly all the main lines of the modern railway system in England were authorised or completed.
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Press cuttings, leaflets and reports of proceedings of the Parliamentary Committee on the proposed Cheltenham and Oxford Railway Company.
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Language/scripts of material: English
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Archivist's note: Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002
Date(s) of descriptions: 8 May 2002