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Catalogue description Old and New Channel Tunnel Companies: Records
| Reference: | RAIL 779 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Old and New Channel Tunnel Companies: Records |
| Description: |
These records, formerly located at British Railways Southern Region storeroom, London Bridge, consist of papers, printed matter and plans of the (Old) Channel Tunnel Company, the Submarine Continental Railway Company and their succeeding company, the (New) Channel Tunnel Company; papers of the South Eastern Railway and the Southern Railway; and independently created miscellanea and polemical material. |
| Date: | 1869-1930 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English and French |
| Creator: |
Channel Tunnel Company, 1872-1886 |
| Physical description: | 229 files, rolls and volumes |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 1979-2003 British Railways Board |
| Accruals: | Series is not accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The (Old) Channel Tunnel Company was incorporated in 1872. In 1874 the South Eastern Railway obtained powers to undertake experimental workings and in December 1881 floated the Submarine Continental Railway Company In 1886 the Submarine Continental Railway purchased the Channel Tunnel Company, which was wound up. In March 1887 the Submarine Continental Railway adopted the title of (New) Channel Tunnel Company, which was extant as of 1958. |
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