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Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway : Plan & Section of proposed Extension Line from Woolvercot near Oxford to Brentford with a branch therefrom / Robt. Nicholson. 1851. [Volume, front cover bears OX. W. & W. RAILWAY. 1851. DIRECTORS; COPY. iv + 55 double-page sheets containing hand-coloured plan and longitudinal and cross-sections. The plan occupies the first 26 double-page, hand-coloured sheets, each 54 x 75cm; the top of each sheet bears the name of the county, and the bottom the name of the parish(es) through which it passes. Rivers, streams and other natural features are all indicated as are roads, canals, other railways, individual buildings etc. The longitudinal and cross-sections occupy a further 29 double-page, hand-coloured sheets of the same size, the last two of which bear the 47 cross-sections. Embankments and cuttings are all shown against the undulating ground profile. Intersections with roads, paths, other railways, rivers, streams and canals are all indicated, with notes of bridges, levels and necessary alterations. The ruling gradient is 1:150. There are quite long stretches of level, and no tunnels. Scales various. The whole lithographed by M. & M.W. Lambert, Newcastle upon Tyne]

Ox W & W Railway Plan and Section

1851
London and North Western Railway Plan of the Liverpool and Manchester Line, extending from Edge Hill, Liverpool, to Victoria Station, Manchester, length 30 1/4 miles / revised and corrected by Frederick Wood. 1865. Title page bears key to 'Land belonging to Company', 'Mines and Minerals belonging to Company' and 'Land Sold'. Second page, headed 'Title of Acts', lists 13 related Acts of Parliament from 1826 (Liverpool and Manchester Railway Act) to 1865. Followed by 33 pages: 1-15 (1 being Edge Hill Station); Earlestown Works; 16-31; Victoria Station. Each sheet bears 'A. Selby Surveyor Leigh 1864'. Scale 1":88'. Lithographed, hand-coloured, with manuscript additions. These additions indicate land and property bought, sold, leased and rented c.1828 to 1891.

Plan of the Liverpool and Manchester Line, extending from Edge Hill, Liverpool, to Victoria Station, Manchester London and North Western Railway

1865
Plan & Section of the Cheltenham & Oxford and London & Birmingham Union Railway. 1836. Captn.W.S.Moorsom, Engineer / David Hodgson. 1836. [Comprises plan (i + 17 sheets) and section (i + 9 sheets). Scales 4" : 1m and 16" : 1m. Engraved by Johnson, Cheltenham]

Plan & Section of the Cheltenham & Oxford and London & Birmingham Union Railway

1836