Description | Includes: notes on the Stourbridge Railway Co. and the Earl of Dudley, with plan [tracing] of railway near Cradley Forge [30 Jan 1863]; minutes of meetings between the representatives of the Earl of Dudley and the Stourbridge Railway Co. particularly referring to the powers given to the Earl by the Rowley Enclosure Act [8 Mar and 18 Oct 1860], enclosing plan [tracing] no.2054. A; printed copies of the Stourbridge Railway Act 1860 and the Stourbridge Railway Extension Act 1861; plan [tracing] of section of proposed sidings near Corngreaves, Earl of Dudley's Works [c.1862]; various plans and cross sections [tracings]; printed copies of the Stourbridge Railway Bill 1860; and copy letter to P. Williams & Sons from J. A. Hayes regarding tonnage on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal [19 May 1847].
Correspondents include: Edward Fisher Smith; Richard Smith; Frederick Smith; William Akroyd; George Taylor; John Harward; Benbow & Saltwell; Edward Wilson; and S. Woodley.
Two bundle covers, one endorsed: '98 [35 crossed out]. Stourbridge Railway' and the other '98 Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Navigation - The Stourbridge Railway Compy - Cradley Forge Siding - Special Papers' |