Bridges, Roads and Canals in Scotland

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 COLL F
Held at	: British Library of Political and Economic Science   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library ›
Full 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 & 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.

Finding aids:

Printed handlist available.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

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Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

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