Catalogue description British Waterways (Shropshire)
This record is held by Shropshire Archives
Reference: | 5465 |
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Title: | British Waterways (Shropshire) |
Description: |
The records consist of two major series of numbered plans of canals, equipment and plant, 5465/1-455 and 5465/456-591, a number of smaller series of plans, tracings and annotated Ordnance Survey sheets and several miscellaneous items including the minutes of engineering conferences and sketchbooks of proposed alterations to the canals. |
Date: | 1873-1986 |
Held by: | Shropshire Archives, not available at The National Archives |
Language: | English |
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Physical description: | 931 files |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
These records were deposited by the Border Counties Waterways section of British Waterways. |
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Administrative / biographical background: |
They were originally kept at the Ellesmere Canal Depot, originally the central depot of the Ellesmere and Chester Canal Company, later of the Shropshire Union Canal Co. (incorporated in 1846). The Depot undertook maintenance work and constructed and repaired plant and equipment for the whole canal network. |
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