NRS-16404 | Record Book of Railway Construction Works

This series details works in progress on various railway and tramway lines. The volume is divided into the following columns: papers; date; to whom; and action. The columns note the following types of information: acceptance of tenders; date of commencement of construction; costs and estimates; relevant papers and correspondence; date of particular works on the line; quotations; and relevant contract numbers.Bradfield’s name is given at the front, suggesting that the register was connected to him.An index is included at the front of the volume.Custody History From 1955 until 2000 the State Rail Authority of New South Wales maintained an ‘in house archives’ consisting of the archival records of the Authority, its predecessor agencies and the private railway companies taken over by the government. The date ranges of the records were from 1849 until 2000. When the decision was made to close the ‘State Rail Archives’ the parts of the collection that were required as State archives were transferred to the State Records Authority of NSW. Those record series were incorporated into the State Records series system of archives control and were re-numbered.This series was formerly part of the State Rail Archives collection. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R226 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.