Medina Subway Act 1884
WHEREAS increased facilities for the traffic between East and West Cowes in the Isle of Wight would be of local and public advantage:
And whereas it is expedient that such facilities should be provided by means of a carriage road through a tunnel under the River Medina so as not to interfere with or impede the passage of vessels and shipping up and down the said river:
And whereas the persons herein-after named with others in this Act referred to as "the Company" are willing at their own expe...