Catalogue description Furness Railway Company

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Reference: RAIL 214
Title: Furness Railway Company
Description:

This series documents the establishment and administration of the Furness Railway Company.

Documents include minutes of general, directors' and committee meetings, engineers' report books, various construction contract records and plans, signalling records and diagrams, staff registers and miscellaneous agreements.

Date: 1844-1928
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: FUR
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Furness Railway Company, 1844-1923

Physical description: 132 files, rolls and volumes
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Administrative / biographical background:

The Furness Railway Company was incorporated by act of 23rd May 1844.

The company became one of constituent companies of London Midland & Scottish Railway Company as from 1st January 1923, under North Western, Midland and West Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922, dated 30th December 1922.

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