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BRINDLEY, James (1716-1772)
GB 0074 ACC/0036 · Collection · 1770

Plan by James Brindley, civil engineer, of a proposed canal between Monkey Island and Isleworth.

Brindley , James , 1716-1772 , civil engineer
GRAND SURREY CANAL
GB 0074 O/290 · Collection · 1813

Share certificates in the Grand Surrey Canal (numbers 1513-1522), belonging to Daniel Birkett, Hatton Garden, 1813.

Grand Surrey Canal Company
GB 0096 AL 241 · Collection · 1817

Papers of Benjamin Hall, 1817, to Mr Cooke, Canal Office, Newport, Monmouthshire, assuring him that 'it is wholly untrue that any Treasury warrant has been issued respecting the Forest of Dean coals'.

Hall , Benjamin , 1802-1867 , 1st Baron Llanover , politician
GB 0074 ACC/3743 · Collection · 1949-1979

Papers relating to the work of Witold Kay-Korzeniewicz, including development plans, photographs and reports for Paternoster Square, Saint Paul's Cathedral, Heathrow Airport, Elephant and Castle, King's Cross Station, Saint Pancras Station, South Bank, Festival of Britain, London Underground, Wembley Stadium, Grand Union Canal, and Warren Street Station.

Korzeniewicz , Witold , Kay- , fl 1949-1979 , town planner x Kay-Korzeniewicz , Witold , fl 1949-1979 , town planner
Manchester Ship Canal Co
GB 0064 MSC · Collection · 1879-1927

Papers of the Manchester Ship Canal Co, comprising mainly of printed papers, some with marginalia, as in the report of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce on the 'excessive charges' of that port, 1879. Other material includes a detailed analysis of the cost of transit within the region, with a projected estimate of the gains a ship canal would bring, 1885; a copy of the initial bill to authorise the building of the canal, with promoters' case and petitions against, of the same date, as well as maps and plans of the line to be taken by the proposed cut. Copies of numerous bills presented before Parliament on behalf of the company, 1907 to 1956, some with petitions and evidence, are also to be found, together with a copy of the Act authorizing the Manchester City Corporation to lend the company money, 1891, and a report of the special committee appointed by the city to examine the affairs of the company, 1893. There are also some loose papers, including deeds of sale and conveyance, contracts, grants of easement; a register of mortgages, 1885; a shareholders' address book, 1915; a shareholders' prospectus, 1885; and arising out of litigation concerning the company, a number of reports of proceedings in the courts, 1891 to 1927. A collection of pamphlets, 1882, one or two items pertaining to the Bridgewater estates, a user's handbook of instructions, 1894, and a rule book, 1894, have also survived.

Manchester Ship Canal Co
PADDINGTON-WAPPING CANAL
GB 0074 ACC/1232 · Collection · 1802-1903

Records relating to the Paddington to Wapping Canal, comprising letters applying for stock, 1802; 27 sheets recording a canvass of persons affected asking them whether they were for or against a canal or a canal and railway; and bills of expenses in connexion with the above.

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