Scottish Railways Copy Letter Book, 1847-1848
Eborall, William Henry
Estimate: £300 - £400
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
46 manuscript ff. (of a total of 96ff.), February 1847-November 1848, 4to, containing letter copies of correspondence concerning the construction of Scottish railways in their early days, partially indexed and numbered (with some pages excised) over a series of 170 letters, concerning individuals as a whole involved in construction, aqueduct construction at Polmaise, construction of the Glenbervie bridge on the Perth railway, the laying of track in the Rosehill cutting, the station ground at Tarbet, syphoning at Stirling, inappropriate use of trains on the Perth railway, measurement of land at Falkirk, etc., half plum morocco over cloth, marbled edges, manuscript title label to upper cover