6' 10" length of fish-belly rail

6' 10" length of fish-belly rail, chair, key and rail-lifter, 1829.

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Category:: Railway Infrastructure

Object Number:: 1931-62

type:: permanent way

credit:: British Railways Board Records Office

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Length of Fish-Belly Rail

6' 10" length of fish-belly rail, chair, key , 1829. Chair is corroded to the rail.

Measurements:: overall: 84 mm x 230 mm x 2100 mm,

Materials:: Rolled iron, Cast iron

Object Number:: 1931-62/1

type:: permanent way

Rail-Lifter

Rail-lifter, 1829. Pierced plate with angled handle, 1/2 inch nut on end of handle may have secured a wooden sleeve (if so this is no longer extant), piercing matches shape of rail 1931-62/1.