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RefNoKBLC/2/16/170
AltRefNoR59/31/box90/bundle2/1
Title"Papers relating to Denver Sluice"
DescriptionTwo bundles of papers concerning the repairs to [the older part of] Denver Sluice in 1835. Contains John Dyson's report about the state of Corporation works; John Dyson's report about Denver Sluice; James Walker's report about the poor state of the older part of Denver Sluice; James Walker's supplemental report about Denver Sluice; James Walker's third report; plan of Sir John Rennie's new sluice at Denver, showing the coffer dam and temporary bridge; longitudinal and transverse sections of Sir John Rennie's new sluice at Denver; plan of Denver Sluice, showing a possible method of extending the coffer dam to allow repairs to the older part of the sluice; specifications for the coffer dam at Denver Sluice; an estimate of the costs of building two coffer dams around the older part of Denver Sluice; James Thornton's tender to build two coffer dams at Denver Sluice; a draft contract with James Thornton, for building a coffer dam and temporary bridge at Denver Sluice; inventories of James Thornton's materials; Henry Tennant's opinions about the case of James Thornton v Bedford Level Corporation (R59/31/box4/bundle2); copy of the legal bill for James Thornton v Bedford Level Corporation; a petition of James Thornton, asking for copies of several papers to be supplied to him; the affidavit of Samuel Wells; a schedule of the documents delivered to Hugh Robert Evans in 1834, and correspondence.
Date1834 - 1835
CreatorNameBedford Level Corporation
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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