Catalogue description London and North Eastern Railway: North and South Shields Light Railway (Kearney Tube)

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Reference: RAIL 780
Title: London and North Eastern Railway: North and South Shields Light Railway (Kearney Tube)
Description:

Articles, papers etc of the London and North Eastern Railway: North and South Shields Light Railway (Kearney Tube).

Date: 1904-1944
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

London and North Eastern Railway Company, 1923-1947

Physical description: 17 files and volumes
Administrative / biographical background:

Papers compiled by the LNER in connection with the high-speed gravity-powered tube railway invented by E.W.C. Kearney. A Kearney tube under the River Tyne between North Shields and South Shields was projected by an independent company but not built.

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