GB 0097 COLL F - Bridges, Roads and Canals in Scotland

9 volumes

GB 0097 COLL F 1782-1841 Collection (fonds) 9 volumes Unknown.
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Papers mainly concerning the construction and administration of bridges, roads, piers, railways, harbours, reservoirs and canals in Scotland, 1782-1841, including correspondence of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771-1851), and Sir Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas (1741-1820). The collection comprises letters, petitions, memorials, plans, estimates, reports, financial accounts, legal papers, trustees minutes and circulars relating to bridges including the Dee, Don, Urie, Findhorn, Montrose, Nairn, Pease, and Spey; canals including the Borrowstone Canal Navigation, the Clarence Canal, the Forth and Clyde Navigation, and the Union Canal (Falkirk to Edinburgh); ferries such as the Dysart Ferry, Queensferry, and Tay Ferries; harbours and piers notably Burntisland Harbour and Pier, Kinghorn Harbour, Hartlepool Pier, and Newhaven Pier; the Gala Water Railroad; the North Esk Reservoirs; roads in Aberdeen, Inverness, Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Glenlaidnaig, Glenlichorn, Lanarkshire, Lauriston, Perth, and Stirling.

Bound volumes. Arranged in sections as follows: bridges, canals, ferries, harbours, piers, railways, reservoirs, roads, and miscellaneous.

Open. Microfilm available.

No copyright restrictions. Microfilm copies only.
English

Printed handlist available.

Microfilm made available by Follet Preservation Microfilming Project, 1998. Films are held on open access in the Library (Archives MF 302).

Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Oct 2000 Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Angus Borrowstone Canal Navigation Bridges Burntisland Burntisland Harbour and Pier Canals Clarence Canal Clyde, Firth of County Durham Dalkeith Dee Bridge Dee, River Don, River Dundas , Henry , 1742-1811 , 1st Viscount Melville , Scots statesman x Melville , 1st Viscount Dundas , Robert Saunders , 1771-1851 , 2nd Viscount Melville , Scots statesman x Melville , 2nd Viscount Dundas , Thomas , 1741-1820 , 1st Baron Dundas , Vice-Admiral of Orkney and Shetland Dysart Dysart Ferry Eastern Europe Economic history Economics Edinburgh England Europe Fife Findhorn Bridge Findhorn, River Forth and Clyde Navigation Forth, River Gala Water Railroad Glenlaidnaig Glenlichorn Harbours Hartlepool Hartlepool Pier History Hydraulic engineering Hydraulic structures Inverness Invernessshire Kinghorn Kinghorn Harbour Lanarkshire Lauriston Midlothian Montrose Montrose Bridge Nairn Bridge Nairn, River Newhaven Newhaven Pier North Esk Reservoir North Esk, River Perth Perthshire Queensferry Railway transport Reservoirs Rivers Roads Russian Federation Scotland Spey Bridge Spey, River Stirling Stirlingshire Surface water Sussex Tay Ferry Tay, River Transport Transport infrastructure UK Union Canal , from Falkirk to Edinburgh Urie Bridge Urie, River Water resources Waterways Western Europe London

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Papers mainly concerning the construction and administration of bridges, roads, piers, railways, harbours, reservoirs and canals in Scotland, 1782-1841, including correspondence of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771-1851), and Sir Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas (1741-1820). The collection comprises letters, petitions, memorials, plans, estimates, reports, financial accounts, legal papers, trustees minutes and circulars relating to bridges including the Dee, Don, Urie, Findhorn, Montrose, Nairn, Pease, and Spey; canals including the Borrowstone Canal Navigation, the Clarence Canal, the Forth and Clyde Navigation, and the Union Canal (Falkirk to Edinburgh); ferries such as the Dysart Ferry, Queensferry, and Tay Ferries; harbours and piers notably Burntisland Harbour and Pier, Kinghorn Harbour, Hartlepool Pier, and Newhaven Pier; the Gala Water Railroad; the North Esk Reservoirs; roads in Aberdeen, Inverness, Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Glenlaidnaig, Glenlichorn, Lanarkshire, Lauriston, Perth, and Stirling.

Bound volumes. Arranged in sections as follows: bridges, canals, ferries, harbours, piers, railways, reservoirs, roads, and miscellaneous.

Open. Microfilm available.

No copyright restrictions. Microfilm copies only.

• English

• Latin

English

Printed handlist available.

Microfilm made available by Follet Preservation Microfilming Project, 1998. Films are held on open access in the Library (Archives MF 302).

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English