An Act for making Railways between the City of Bristol and the South Wales Railway in the County of Monmouth, with a Steam Ferry across the River Severn in connexion therewith, for the Purpose of improving the Railway Communication between South Wales and Bristol, Southampton, and the South-western Districts of England.
WHEREAS the Construction of a Railway from the City of Bristol to an ancient Ferry in the Parish of Henbury in the County of Gloucester, called the "New Passage Ferry," and of Railways in the Parish of Portskewet in the County of Monmouth, from the River Severn, near the Black Rock, to communicate with the South Wales Railway, and of proper Piers and Works in and near the said River, and the Establishment of a Steam Communication for facilitating the Traffic across the said Ferry, would be of...