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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1401 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Railway bridge over Brafferton to Aycliffe road; Hownes Gill Viaduct, Consett

Covering Dates: 1843-1856

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Catalogue Description

Records given:

Acc: 2943(D) 9 June 2003

Catalogue Contents

Ref: D/X 1401/1

Elevation, half plan above coping, half plan at foundations, half cross section through EF, angle at askew 60°, section through AB, section through CD, section of parapet, of bridge for road from Brafferton to Aycliffe on the Newcastle to Darlington Junction Railway, plan no. 7, 8 June 1843 Scale: 25 feet to 6 1/4 inches The plan is certified as referred to in a contract between the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway and James Bray of Leeds, Yorkshire, builder
(1 plan, 115.5 cm. x 69 cm., colour wash, linen-backed)

Ref: D/X 1401/2

Elevation of Hownes Gill Viaduct, Conside, Consett, inscribed 'Plans referred to in agreement signed December 22 1856 John Anderson, John Dixon', 1856 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 288 cm. x 77 cm., colour wash, linen-backed)

Ref: D/X 1401/3

Section across Hownes Gill Viaduct, Conside, Consett, c.1856 Includes: estimate of the cost of a brick viaduct and estimate of the cost of an iron viaduct, c.1856 Scale: 16 feet to 1 inch [1:192]
(1 plan, 127.5 cm. x 50.5 cm., colour wash, linen-backed)

Ref: D/X 1401/4

Specification for Hownes Gill Viaduct, Conside, Consett, c.1856
(1 paper, 77 cm. x 56 cm.)



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