Records of the Glasgow, Garnkirk & Coatbridge Railway, Scotland 1844-1845

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Records of the Glasgow, Garnkirk & Coatbridge Railway, Scotland 1844-1845

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SNAC Resource ID: 6296671

Glasgow University Archive Service

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Caledonian Railway 1845-1923

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Glasgow, Garnkirk & Coatbridge Railway 1844-1845

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Garnkirk & Glasgow Railway 1826-1844

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Glasgow, Garnkirk & Coatbridge Railway (railway company: 1844-1845: Scotland)

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The Garnkirk & Glasgow Railway , Scotland, was granted its Act of Parliament in 1826 and opened in 1831 . It was the first railway in Scotland to work independently of a canal. It was built to transport Monklands coal from Garnkirk, North Lanarkshire, Scotland into its Townhead terminus in Glasgow. From the beginning the line used steam engines to pull the coal wagons and passenger carriages. In 1843 the Garnkirk & Glasgow Railway opened a branch line from Gartsh...

Mitchells, Johnston & Co c1745-

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