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Letter from Henry Booth, company secretary and treasurer of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, to James Loch, Bloomsbury Square, London with a report on the survey of Chat Moss by Thomas Shaw Brandreth

Made:
1826-12-05
maker:
Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co
Letter from Henry Booth, company secretary and treasurer of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, to James Loch, Bloomsbury Square, London with a report on the survey of Chat Moss by Thomas Shaw Brandreth Letter from Henry Booth, company secretary and treasurer of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, to James Loch, Bloomsbury Square, London with a report on the survey of Chat Moss by Thomas Shaw Brandreth
Letter from Henry Booth, company secretary and treasurer of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, to James Loch, Bloomsbury Square, London with a report on the survey of Chat Moss by Thomas Shaw Brandreth Letter from Henry Booth, company secretary and treasurer of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, to James Loch, Bloomsbury Square, London with a report on the survey of Chat Moss by Thomas Shaw Brandreth

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National Railway Museum, York

© The Board of Trustees of The Science Museum, London
National Railway Museum, York

A letter from Henry Booth, secretary and treasurer of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway (L&MR) to James Loch. The letter includes a report on the survey of Chat Moss, a peat bog near Manchester, by Thomas Shaw Brandreth, who was aided by George Stephenson, acting as civil engineer. It was written when construction was starting on L&MR, the company had just taken out contracts to drain Chat Moss in June of the same year.

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1 item
Identifier:
CHTMSS