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Title: Section of the Proposed Railway from London to Birmingham
Description: London, Unpublished. 1835. Book, Section of the Proposed Railway from London to Birmingham. A set of gradient plans bound in one volume each size 70 by 24 cm. Nine pages. Vertical scale 100 feet to the inch. Unpublished so presumably working drawings or plans intended for the original London to Birmingham line. No date but circa 1835. On paper with some hand colouring. Each page shows between 10 to 12 miles of line with towns canals hills etc. all clearly indicated above the section. Below each section are some contract numbers in pencil. The London end of the line begins by the towpath of the Regents Canal and the pencil note below reads Contract no.1 B Camden to River Brent. Title is on a label to the front cover. Both buff paper covers are nibbled at the edges and the front cover detached though the binding is otherwise intact. There is some staining to the edges of the first few pages but overall the plans are in Good condition. Images available.

Keywords: Railways