Item DEP/11 - York and North Midland Railway

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DEP/11

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York and North Midland Railway

Date(s)

  • 30 November 1836 (Creation)

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Plan, sections and book of reference accompanying a bill for deviations to the York & North Midland route previously sanctioned by Parliament. Passed by Parliament in the 1837 session. The plans look to deviate the crossing over the River Wharfe so that it passes through Ulleskelf; shorten the loop lines to the Leeds & Selby Railway at South Milford, and alter the route between Monk Fryston and the North Midland Railway.

Engineer: Thomas Cabry, as resident engineer (on behalf of George Stephenson)
Surveyor: Deviations at Ulleskelf known to have been surveyed by George Townsend Andrews, architect

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  • English

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    A Descriptive Catalogue of the Deposited Railway Plans held in York City Archives, Bill Fawcett, University of York, May 1994.

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    Explore York

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    DP 2/4

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