Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway Act 1856
WHEREAS the making of a Railway from Sittingbourne to Sheerness, passing into or through the several Parishes of Sittingbourne, Milton, Iwade, Queenborough, and Minster, in the County of Kent, with an Opening Bridge at or near the King's Ferry, over the Passage called the Swale, would be attended with public and local Advantage: And whereas the Town of Sheerness is situate at a Point where the Waters of the German Ocean meet the Waters of the Medway, and is connected with the large and increa...