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  • Title
    Commonplace books of an unknown engineer
  • Reference
    CPB
  • Production date
    1825 - 1837
  • Creator
    • Unknown EngineerBiography
  • Scope and Content
    These books include excerpts from and notes on books on engineering and notes on specific aspects of engineering and a few illustrations. The books chiefly document notes and chronological entries on specific engineering projects: Liverpool & Manchester, Stockton & Darlington, Darlington & Middlesbrough Railways, with details of all the bridges of the first-named; the suspension bridge over the Tees; the Norwich & Lowestoft Navigation, etc. /3 contains much detailed information on work on the Tees Navigation 1828-30. /4 is chiefly a diary of a tour of iron works etc. in Wales.
  • Extent
    4 volumes
  • Physical description
    Fair condition
  • Language
    English
  • Archival history
    Purchased by the Science Museum, London from Sotherby's auctioneers, 1981. Transferred to the NRM, 2005.
  • Level of description
    TOP
  • Repository name
    National Railway Museum, York
  • Associated people and organisations
    • Stockton & Darlington Railway CoBiography
    • Liverpool & Manchester Railway CoBiography
  • Subject
  • Conditions governing access
    Access is given in accordance with the NRM access policy. Material from this archive is available to researchers through Search Engine.
  • Conditions governing Reproduction
    Copies may be supplied of items in the archive, provided that the copying process used does not damage the item or is not detrimental to its preservation. Copies will be supplied in accordance with the NRM’s terms and conditions for the supply and reproduction of copies, and the provisions of any relevant copyright legislation.
  • Finding aids
    A draft transcript document that covers part of book 4 is in the same box.
  • Related object
  • System of arrangement
    Arranged chronologically
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