Item DEP/36 - London & York Railway (later Great Northern Railway)

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Plans and sections for a railway from London to York via Peterborough, Newark and Doncaster, with branches to Bedford, Stamford, Sheffield and Wakefield, and a loop line through Boston and Lincoln.

Engineer: William Cubitt
Surveyors: Sherrard & Hall (of Westminster) - London to Grantham
Sherrard & Hall (of Westminster) - Grantham to Bawtry (although they possibly surveyed as far as York)
W F Fairbank (of Sheffield) - Peterborough to Boston
Martin, Johnson & Fox (Leeds & London) - Boston to Bawtry
W F Fairbank (of Sheffield) - Bawtry to Sheffield
Martin, Johnson & Fox (Leeds & London) - Doncaster to Wakefield

The plans and sections are divided into five parts:

1. London to Grantham, with branches to Bedford and Stamford
2. Grantham to Bawtry
3. Bawtry to York
4. The Lincolnshire Loop
5. The branches to Sheffield and Wakefield

Please note, the surveys are detailed and plans of the main urban areas are given to a larger scale.

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