Summary
Share scrip for the St Kilda & Brighton Railway Company, 1859, £135,000 capital in 5400 sharers of £25 each.
The St Kilda & Brighton Railway Co. was formed in June 1857, with plans to build a much lower cost railway to Brighton from the St Kilda terminus of the Melbourne & Hobsons Bay Railway Company. The line which crossed St Kilda Road on a long timber viaduct, opened on 19 December 1859, using borrowed locomotives and rollingstock. It failed to make a profit, with operations being taken over by the Melbourne & Suburban Railway Co. in May 1862, and the assets being purchased by the Melbourne & Hobsons Bay United Railway Co. in September 1865.
Physical Description
Certificate. Rare with elaborate company heading and red company seal.
Obverse Description
Printed on white stock, black printed lettering and black handwritten text with red seal.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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Date Issued
1859 AD
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Date Issued
St Kilda & Brighton Railway Co, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1857
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Inscriptions
Printed on front: "ST KILDA & BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY / INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT / 24 NOVEMBER, 1857 / CAPTIAL 135.000 IN 5.400 SHARES OF $25 EACH / [extended text will need to be transcribed]
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Classification
Rail transport, Railway infrastructure - permanent way, Share scrip
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
262 mm (Width), 150 mm (Height)
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Dimensions
262 mm (Length), 147 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation.
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Shape
Rectangle
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References
[Book] Harrigan, L. J. 1962. The Victorian Railways to '62.
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