Severn Tunnel Railway Act, 1872
WHEREAS the construction of a railway under the Severn to connect the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway with the South Wales Railway would be attended with great local and public advantage: And whereas the persons herein-after named, with others, are willing, at their own expense, to construct the railway: And whereas plans and sections of the proposed railway showing the line and levels thereof, with a book of reference to the plans containing the names of the owners and lessees, or repu...