Maps of Scottish Railways, c.1839-1924 c.1839-1924

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Maps of Scottish Railways, c.1839-1924 c.1839-1924

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb605-scottishrailwaymaps

c.8 metres

eng,

University of the West of Scotland, Robertson Trust Library

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British Railways Board

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British Railways Board (trade association : 1962-:)

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When St Enoch's Station in Glasgow was closed in 1967, the collection of maps of Scottish Railways was saved by a lecturer at Paisley College of Technology, who had been a British Rail employee. The maps illustrate the history of Civil Engineering in Scotland and the history of Engineering drawing. The earliest documents show the temerity of the men who planned the first railways in Scotland. The viaducts of the Aberdeen Railway were an enormous undertaking for the contractors of the day. Unfort...