London and Birmingham Railway contracts 4B, 5B & 6B civil engineering
construction records 1836/7.
These are contained within a ledger type
document and record all the civil engineering
structures between Kings Langley (just north
of Watford Tunnel) and Tring Station. For
each built structure the types and quantities
of materials used are recorded at approximately
monthly intervals. For cuttings and embankments
earth quantities & movements are
given.
Options:
- The whole document (50+ page entries)
- North Church Tunnel construction
- Nash Mills & Boxmoor Canal Bridges
- Boxmoor Skew Bridge
- Boxmoor Temporary Terminus
Gorton Depot - The Manchester, Sheffield
and Lincolnshire Railway.
Technical drawings of the proposed depot
from 1847.
The Great Northern Railway: Nottingham 1879.
A series of letters from the company's
Chief Civil Engineer, Richard Johnson, regarding
the acceptance of tenders and granting of
works for the building of a new Goods Shed,
associated offices, a roof over the Southern
platform at the London Road Station, and
other related infrastructure. The content
of the correspondences is transcribed.
Railway Accident at Hexthorpe, near Doncaster,
16/9/1887.
A contempory account from The Illustrated
London News.
Correspondence from Joseph Whitworth &
Co. to Daniel Gooch (GWR) - 1842
This relates to the shipment, by canal, of
certain bits of equipment for the fitting
out of Swindon Works which was under construction
at this time.
