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TitleGreat Eastern Railway. Improvements and Alterations
DescriptionDescription. 1. Widening and improvement of Newmarket and Bury Railway, Kennett to Bury St Edmunds. 2. Diversion of road and stopping up of level crossing at Thetford, Norfolk. 3. Alteration and extension of Hills Road Bridge, Cambridge. 4. Alteration of the bridge and carrying the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway over the North Woolwich Branch between Canning Town and Stratford Market Stations, Essex. 5. Additional land at Sawston. Passing through the following parishes: 1. Kennett (county Cambridgeshire); Kentford, Gazeley, Barrow, Great Saxham, Little Saxham, Fornham All Saints, Westley, St James in Bury St Edmunds. (all in county Suffolk). 2. Thetford St Peter (county Norfolk). 3. St Andrew the Less (Cambridge). 4. West Ham (county Essex). 5. Sawston (county Cambridgeshire). Comprising. Plans and sections: 8 sheets, 22" x 30" (2 copies). Scales: 1. Sections and cross sections: Horizontal 4 chains (88 yards) to 1 inch. Section: Vertical 60 feet to 1 inch. PLan: 4 chains (88 yards) to 1 inch. 2 and 3. PLan, sections and cross sections: Horizontal 2 chains (44 yards) to 1 inch. Sections and cross sections: 20 feet to 1inch. 4. Plan and section: Horizontal 3 chains (66 yards) to 1 inch. Section: Vertical 20 feet to 1 inch. 5. Plan: 2 chains (44 yards) to 1 inch. Engineer: John Wilson. Act 48-49 Victoria, ch. xciii (1885).
Date29 November 1884
CreatorNameCambridgeshire Clerk of the Peace: Plans of Public Undertakings
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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