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Letter from an unnamed correspondent (in French)
PART OF:
Letters sent to S.B. Worthington
Made:
1842-09-03
part of archive:
Worthington Archive
maker:
Worthington, Samuel Barton (1820-1915, railway civil engineer)
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Identifier:
WORTH/1/9/19/46
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WORTH/1 Worthington, Samuel Barton (1820-1915), railway civil engineer
WORTH/1/1 Volume containing details of various accounts, valuations, reports and specifications
WORTH/1/2 Notebook of 'sundry notes'
WORTH/1/3 Letter book of outgoing correspondence
WORTH/1/4 Sheffield and Rotherham Railway
WORTH/1/4/1 Map (in 2 sections) of intended railway between Sheffield and Rotherham, by Frederick Swanwick, engineer
WORTH/1/4/2 Notebook containing specifications relating to drawings, plans and sections for the Sheffield & Rotherham Railway
WORTH/1/4/3 Unbound book of estimates, Sheffield & Rotherham Railway
WORTH/1/4/4 Three plans of sections of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway
WORTH/1/5 Caledonian Railway
WORTH/1/5/1 Joseph Locke’s ‘Report (with sections) to the Proprietors of the Proposed Caledonian Railway from Lancaster to Edinburgh and Glasgow’, dated 21st November 1837
WORTH/1/5/2 Caledonian Railway: Mr Locke’s Report, 1842
WORTH/1/6 Letter from George Neumann to S B Worthington regarding survey of land around Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
WORTH/1/7 Letter from D McCallum, Surveyor, to S B Worthington regarding survey of section of line near Johnstone Bridge, Dumfriesshire delayed by bad weather
WORTH/1/8 Level Book of S B Worthington
WORTH/1/8/2 Letter inserted into S B Worthington's 1839 level book from London and North Western Railway's Permanent Way Department, Divisional Engineer's Office, Lancaster
WORTH/1/8/3 Letter inserted into S B Worthington's 1839 level book from Glasgow & South Western Railway's Engineer's Office, St. Enoch Station, Glasgow
WORTH/1/9 Paris-Rouen Railway
WORTH/1/9/1 Pamphlet containing the concession law authorising the establishment of the Paris-Rouen Railway, including specifications, statutes and a report
WORTH/1/9/2 Concertina map showing planned route of Paris-Rouen Railway including street names and property owner details
WORTH/1/9/3 Schedule to contract for works between the St. Germain and Poissy junction of the Paris-Rouen railway, signed by William Mackenzie
WORTH/1/9/4 Memorandum regarding the cost of certain works on the Paris-Rouen railway
WORTH/1/9/5 Specifications for carriages and seats on the Paris-Rouen railway
WORTH/1/9/6 Specifications for the Poissy and Rolleboise contract, Paris-Rouen railway
WORTH/1/9/7 Specification for building two bridges across the River Seine at Oissel, Paris-Rouen railway
WORTH/1/9/8 Paris and Rouen Railway, Contract No.1
WORTH/1/9/9 Bundle of papers regarding skew arch bridge at Epone, Paris-Rouen Railway
WORTH/1/9/10 Schedule of prices for materials described in the specification for the construction of the Oissel Bridge, Paris-Rouen Railway, and building contractor's receipt for Oissel Bridge masonry expenses
WORTH/1/9/11 Schedule of prices for various types of stone at Rouen
WORTH/1/9/12 Price schedules for materials, labour, transport, etc., in Rouen
WORTH/1/9/13 Schedule of workmens daily wage rates, France
WORTH/1/9/14 Draft specification for tunnels through hills at Rolleboise and Venables, Paris-Rouen Railway
WORTH/1/9/15 Journal entitled ‘Paris and Rouen RW, Jan. to September 1841’
WORTH/1/9/16 Journal entitled 'Paris and Rouen RW, October to November 1841'
WORTH/1/9/17 Copy letter books belonging to S B Worthington
WORTH/1/9/18 Report on French Railways by Robert Stephenson
WORTH/1/9/19 Letters sent to S.B. Worthington
WORTH/1/9/19/1 Letter from G. Smith regarding the purchase of land at the approach to the bridge on the Meulan-Epone road
WORTH/1/9/19/2 Letter from Mr. Reed regarding a dispute over land ownership at [Chern-Neuf]
WORTH/1/9/19/3 Letter from Mr. Reed requesting an account of materials delivered to him which will be supplied to the Conseil d’administration
WORTH/1/9/19/4 Letter from George Neumann requesting a progress report every month and instructions to settle with Mackenzie regarding the bridge approach at Meulan
WORTH/1/9/19/5 letter from George Neumann regarding a dispute over land with M Tallyrand
WORTH/1/9/19/6 Letter from George Neumann informing S B Worthington of his salary
WORTH/1/9/19/7 Letter from [Thibaudion] informing S B Worthington that the French authorities have approved the proposals (in French)
WORTH/1/9/19/8 Letter from P Tinet regarding route of bridge (in French)
WORTH/1/9/19/9 Letter from George Neumann informing S B Worthington that land shown in Worthington’s plan is too expensive and requesting that he see how suitable land on the other side of the approach is
WORTH/1/9/19/10 Letter from George Neumann informing S B Worthington that Mr Bond wants to meet him or Gaynard
WORTH/1/9/19/11 Letter from George Neumann to S B Worthington informing him that money is due to be sent and requesting information on flooding so as to determine the site of a station
WORTH/1/9/19/12 Letter from Delacour requesting that company engineers sign the bills when rails are delivered in their districts
WORTH/1/9/19/13 Letter from George Neumann advising that all the land at Medan has been purchased
WORTH/1/9/19/14 Letter from George Neumann informing S B Worthington that the 'small conservatory' has been purchased and makes suggestions about how land on both sides of the approach should be dealt with
WORTH/1/9/19/15 Letter from George Neumann regarding land purchased for railway
WORTH/1/9/19/16 Letter form [Puilly] regarding construction (in French)
WORTH/1/9/19/17 Letter from George Neumann informing S B Worthington that he can take whatever land is needed for the bridge from Tallyrand as soon as possible
WORTH/1/9/19/18 Letter from George Neumann detailing alterations that Worthington must supervise
WORTH/1/9/19/19 Letter from [Bezanson] regarding construction (in French)
WORTH/1/9/19/20 Letter from [Bezanson] regarding construction of the Paris-Rouen Railway (in French)
WORTH/1/9/19/21 Letter from George Neumann informing S B Worthington of Tallyrand’s concern for land that has been taken
WORTH/1/9/19/22 Letter from [Humfrey] regarding gauge (in French)
WORTH/1/9/19/23 Letter from George Neumann requesting a plan of the bridge with approaches for the road at Vilaines
WORTH/1/9/19/24 Letter from [Bezanson] regarding plantations of trees, timber and properties at Givry (in French)
WORTH/1/9/19/25 Letter from George Neumann instructing S B Worthington to cut timber and start work immediately on the next section of the railway
WORTH/1/9/19/26 Letter from [Lavallard], lawyer
WORTH/1/9/19/27 Letter from [Lavallard], lawyer
WORTH/1/9/19/28 Letter from George Neumann instructing S B Worthington to construct a wall at Medan
WORTH/1/9/19/29 Letter from George Neumann instructing S B Worthington to cease construction of the railway until further notice
WORTH/1/9/19/30 Letter from George Neumann instructing S B Worthington to take possession of the two extra parcels of land required for the Medan Bridge, and to resume work
WORTH/1/9/19/31 Letter from George Neumann requesting a meeting to inspect the line together from Les Mureaux to Poissy
WORTH/1/9/19/32 Letter from Michel Poitout asking for details of the length of railway and for the work to be hurried (in French)
WORTH/1/9/19/33 Letter from [Bezanson] about land he has purchased along the route
WORTH/1/9/19/34 Letter from [Pinchon] regarding a copy of a letter from Mr. Band to [Bezanson]
WORTH/1/9/19/36 Letter from George Neumann informing S B Worthington that the bridges at Vilaines and Mauldre have been approved according to the plans, and asking him for alterations to be made regarding dimensions
WORTH/1/9/19/37 Letter from George Neumann informing S B Worthington of the approved dimensions of a parapet
WORTH/1/9/19/38 Letter from George Neumann reminding S B Worthington to send his monthly report and to draw up a plan of the approaches to the 'over bridge'
WORTH/1/9/19/39 Letter from Delacour regarding payment for the delivery of rails
WORTH/1/9/19/40 Letter from George Neumann requesting S B Worthington's presence in Rouen for 4 or 5 days to inspect the line from La Havre to Harfleur
WORTH/1/9/19/41 Letter from J Rey regarding ballast to fill up an embankment
WORTH/1/9/19/42 Letter from Joseph Locke to Mackenzie and Brassy [copy sent to S.B. Worthington] listing alterations to be made on the bridge
WORTH/1/9/19/43 Letter from Delacour regarding a receipt for rails
WORTH/1/9/19/44 Letter from George Neuman instructing S B Worthington to alter the distance between parapets on the bridge at Les Mureaux
WORTH/1/9/19/45 Letter from George Neuman regarding the appearance of the stonework used in the construction of the Nantes contract bridges and requesting S B Worthington's presence at Poissy
WORTH/1/9/19/46 Letter from an associate [not named], in French
WORTH/1/9/19/47 Letter from Mackenzie regarding the “ballast hole” at the [Un Friel] road
WORTH/1/9/19/49 Letter from an unnamed associate (in French)
WORTH/1/9/19/50 Letter from Delacour requesting S B Worthington 'get all the company’s rails out of the way'
WORTH/1/9/19/51 Letter from Delacour requesting S B Worthington keep the [‘Deceaseoile’] rails separate from the company’s rails
WORTH/1/9/19/52 Letter from Delacour requesting the removal of certain rails
WORTH/1/9/19/53 Letter from Delacour regarding deliveries
WORTH/1/9/19/54 Letter from George Neuman informing S B Worthington that Joseph Locke wishes to speak with him regarding the bridge at Vilaines
WORTH/1/9/19/55 Letter from George Neuman regarding decision over the approaches to the bridges and informing him that Locke intends to visit
WORTH/1/9/19/56 Letter from George Neuman regarding statements about fencing
WORTH/1/9/19/57 Letter from Delacour regarding bills (in French)
WORTH/1/9/19/58 Letter from George Neuman with instructions to keep to the plans
WORTH/1/9/19/59 Letter from George Neumann permitting S B Worthington to continue with the foundations for Les Mureaux station
WORTH/1/9/19/60 Letter from George Neuman regarding construction of the Epone station house
WORTH/1/9/19/61 Letter from George Neuman requesting details about materials
WORTH/1/9/19/62 Letter from Bailly (in French)
WORTH/1/9/19/63 Letter from Bailly (in French)
WORTH/1/9/20 Printed book entitled 'Prix de Base et de Reglement des Travaux de Batiment 1843'
WORTH/1/9/21 Rule book for Enginemen and Firemen on the Paris to Rouen railway
WORTH/1/9/22 Booklet of Police regulations for use on the Rouen to Paris railway
WORTH/1/9/23 Certficate issued by the Mairie de Condecourt
WORTH/1/9/24 Pay sheets of workers employed in the Batignolles workshops of the Paris and Rouen railway
WORTH/1/9/25 Summary of pay sheets for the Batignolles workshops of the Paris and Rouen Railway
WORTH/1/9/26 Summary of engine parts supplied by Messieurs Allcard, Buddicom
WORTH/1/9/27 List of wages paid to staff of Paris station
WORTH/1/9/28 Rule book for Enginemen and Firemen on the Paris to Rouen railway
WORTH/1/10 Orleans Railway
WORTH/1/10/1 Unsigned letter from the Paris to Rouen Railway Company on the subject of a proposed Belgian-Orleans railway line
WORTH/1/10/2 Rough sketch showing the dimensions of an Orleans Railway First Class carriage
WORTH/1/11 Lancaster & Preston Junction Railway
WORTH/1/11/1 Newspaper extracts respecting the Lancaster to Beattock railway express and the Lancaster & Preston Junction Railway
WORTH/1/11/2 Draft specification to the Lancaster & Preston Junction Railway Lancaster Contract
WORTH/1/11/3 Letter from Joseph Locke to S B Worthington requesting a report upon the condition of the Lancaster & Preston railway line
WORTH/1/11/4 Letter from Joseph Locke to S B Worthington requesting to know how many rails ought to be removed from the [Lancaster & Preston] line
WORTH/1/11/5 Letter from Joseph Locke to B P Gregson in reference to complaints of the state of the rails on the Lancaster & Preston Railway
WORTH/1/11/6 Letter from Joseph Locke to S B Worthington in reference to the valuation of works unfinished at the termination of [John] Allen’s contract
WORTH/1/11/7 Copy agreement that the Lancaster & Preston Junction Railway will sell 100 rails to John Allen
WORTH/1/11/8 Letter from S B Worthington to R C Rawlinson stating the current market price of rails
WORTH/1/12 Lancaster & Carlisle Railway and London & North Western Railway
WORTH/1/12/1 Cost of Lancaster & Carlisle Railway stations in detail
WORTH/1/12/2 Valuation of land intended for the Lancaster to Carlisle Railway
WORTH/1/12/3 Letter book relating to the construction of the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
WORTH/1/12/5 Draft contract between Messrs Brassey, Mackenzie and Stephenson and the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company
WORTH/1/12/6 Level Book of S B Worthington
WORTH/1/12/7 Prospectus for Ulverstone, Furness and Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
WORTH/1/12/8 Report to the Proprietors of the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway, addressed to Robert Eglington
WORTH/1/12/9 Lancaster & Carlisle Railway: Ten Days' Notice of Intention to Take Temporary Possession
WORTH/1/12/10 Lancaster & Carlisle Railway: Plan of bridge over the River Lune
WORTH/1/12/11 Letters from John Gill to S B Worthington regarding the Lune Viaduct
WORTH/1/12/12 Lancaster & Carlisle Railway: Lune Viaduct
WORTH/1/12/12/1 Copy letter from S B Worthington to the Directors of the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company regarding the state of the timber viaduct over the River Lune
WORTH/1/12/12/2 Letter from G H Edwards to J E Errington regarding proposed alterations to the Lune Viaduct
WORTH/1/12/12/3 Copy letter from J E Errington recommending certain alterations to the Lune Viaduct
WORTH/1/12/12/4 Lune Bridge Carpentry Specification
WORTH/1/12/13 Newspaper extracts concerning experiments on wrought iron hollow beams and girders for railway bridges
WORTH/1/12/14 Map showing the route of the Lancaster & Carlisle railway, with connecting lines from Settle to Carnforth, and Milnthorpe to Ulverston
WORTH/1/12/15 Plan showing sundry railway lines and schemes
WORTH/1/12/16 Newspaper extracts concerning the opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway to Kendal
WORTH/1/12/17 Letter book relating to the operation of the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
WORTH/1/12/18 Minutes from a Board meeting of the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company
WORTH/1/12/19 Letter from S E Bolden, Secretary to the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company, to S B Worthington
WORTH/1/12/20 Letter from S E Bolden, Secretary to the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company, to S B Worthington
WORTH/1/12/21 Letter from S E Bolden, Secretary to the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company, to S B Worthington
WORTH/1/12/22 Letter from S E Bolden, Secretary to the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company, to S B Worthington
WORTH/1/12/23 Minutes from a Board meeting of the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company
WORTH/1/12/24 Steel’s Guide to the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
WORTH/1/12/25 Contract between The Lancashire & Carlisle Railway Company and Messrs Brassey, Mackenzie & Stephenson
WORTH/1/12/26 Lancaster & Carlisle Railway waste book
WORTH/1/12/27 Lancaster & Carlisle Railway rule book
WORTH/1/12/28 Lists of Lancaster & Carlisle Railway passenger and goods engines
WORTH/1/12/28/1 List of goods engines
WORTH/1/12/28/2 List of passenger engines
WORTH/1/12/28/3 Untitled list of engines
WORTH/1/12/28/4 Draft untitled list of engines
WORTH/1/12/28/5 List of goods and passenger engines agreed to be handed over by the London & North Western Company
WORTH/1/12/28/6 List of passenger engines
WORTH/1/12/28/7 List of goods engines
WORTH/1/12/28/8 List of goods engines (continued)
WORTH/1/12/28/9 Statement showing the number of locomotive engines which will form the stock of the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway company in July 1857
WORTH/1/12/29 Assorted papers connected with the cost of working the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
WORTH/1/12/29/1 North Union Railway Locomotive Expenditure
WORTH/1/12/29/2 Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Stock
WORTH/1/12/29/3 Minutes from a Board meeting of the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company
WORTH/1/12/29/4 Letter from J E Errington to S E Bolden, Secretary to the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company
WORTH/1/12/29/5 Notes on Gooch’s estimate for train mileage
WORTH/1/12/29/6 Statement of Lancaster & Carlisle Railway's locomotive mileage for the 6 months ending 30th July 1851
WORTH/1/12/29/7 Draft statement of London & North Western Railway cost of working stock
WORTH/1/12/29/8 Draft statement of stock required for working the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
WORTH/1/12/29/9 Quantities of materials required for the construction of proposed engine sheds, repair shops and offices at Preston and Carlisle
WORTH/1/12/29/10 Minutes from a meeting of the Locomotive Committee of the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
WORTH/1/12/29/11 Estimates of rolling stock, shops, sheds, tools and machinery required to enable the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company to make and repair their own stock
WORTH/1/12/29/12 Letter from Thomas Hunt to S B Worthington
WORTH/1/12/29/13 Estimates of carriage stock requirements of the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
WORTH/1/12/29/14 Minutes of a discussion between Lord Chandos for the London & North Western Railway and Colonel Maclean for the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
WORTH/1/12/29/15 Details of Locomotive Engines 1830 to 1853
WORTH/1/12/29/16 Engines working on the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
WORTH/1/12/29/17 Statement of cost of Scottish Central Railway locomotive and carriage stock and workshops
WORTH/1/12/29/18 Letter from Francis Trevithick, Engineer of the London & North Western Railway, to S B Worthington
WORTH/1/12/29/19 Letter from Francis Trevithick, Engineer of the London & North Western Railway, to S B Worthington
WORTH/1/12/29/20 Copy letter from Charles Stewart, Secretary to the London & North Western Railway Company, to S E Bolden, Secretary to the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company
WORTH/1/12/29/21 Copy letter from S E Bolden, Secretary to the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company, to Joseph Locke, MP
WORTH/1/12/29/22 List of goods and passenger engines 1844-1855
WORTH/1/12/29/23 Copy letter from Charles Stewart, Secretary to the London & North Western Railway Company, to S E Bolden, Secretary to the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company
WORTH/1/12/29/24 Letter from S B Worthington, Lancaster & Carlisle Railway, to Henry Peet, London & North Western Railway
WORTH/1/12/29/25 Delay of up passenger trains tables
WORTH/1/12/29/26 Delay of down passenger trains tables
WORTH/1/12/29/27 Lists of engines employed on the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway at various times
WORTH/1/12/29/28 Details of goods trains employed on the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
WORTH/1/12/29/29 Details of carriage working on the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
WORTH/1/12/29/30 Weights of Vulcan engine and tender no. 203
WORTH/1/12/29/31 Consumption of coke by goods engines
WORTH/1/12/29/32 Copy letter from Edmund Sharpe to William Jackson
WORTH/1/12/29/33 Resolution passed by the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Board
WORTH/1/12/29/34 Memorandum regarding a resolution passed by the Locomotive Committee of the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Board
WORTH/1/12/29/35 Copy letter from J E Errington to S E Bolden, Secretary to the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company
WORTH/1/12/29/36 Copy letter from S B Worthington to the Locomotive Committee of the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
WORTH/1/12/29/37 Memorandum regarding the use of ground at Preston for locomotive sheds and workshops
WORTH/1/12/29/38 Letter from Robert Sinclair, Caledonian Railway, to S B Worthington
WORTH/1/12/29/39 Copy minutes from a meeting of the Locomotive Committee of the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Board
WORTH/1/12/29/40 Letter from Francis Trevithick, Engineer of the London & North Western Railway, to S B Worthington
WORTH/1/12/29/41 Letter from Henry Peet, London & North Western Railway, to S B Worthington
WORTH/1/12/29/42 Letter from Robert Sinclair, Caledonian Railway, to S B Worthington
WORTH/1/12/29/43 Resolution passed by the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Board
WORTH/1/12/29/44 Heating surface particulars of goods and passenger engines
WORTH/1/12/29/45 Experiments with goods trains on the Lancaster incline
WORTH/1/12/29/46 Letter from Thomas White, Castle Station, Lancaster, to S B Worthington
WORTH/1/12/29/47 Cost of locomotive power to various railway companies
WORTH/1/12/29/48 Notes on the cost of locomotive power to the London & North Western Railway
WORTH/1/12/29/49 Cost of locomotive power to the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
WORTH/1/12/29/50 Cost of Loups Fell engine
WORTH/1/12/29/51 Notes on the cost of proposed workshops at Lancaster
WORTH/1/12/29/52 Copy letter from John Swift, Great George Street, to E W Hassell
WORTH/1/12/29/53 Copy letter from J E Errington, 13 Duke Street, Westminster, to S E Bolden, Secretary to the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company
WORTH/1/12/29/54 Calculation of extra coke consumption in respect of Lancaster & Carlisle gradients
WORTH/1/12/29/55 Estimate of cost of Lancaster & Carlisle Railway carriage stock
WORTH/1/12/29/56 Table of Lancaster & Carlisle Railway locomotive mileage for five years ending 31st January 1856
WORTH/1/12/29/57 Notes on proposed excavation of land a Scotforth
WORTH/1/12/29/58 Letter from Joseph Locke, 13 Duke Street, Westminster, to S B Worthington
WORTH/1/12/29/59 Correspondence between Colonel Maclean and S B Worthington on workshops at Carlisle
WORTH/1/12/30 Lancaster & Carlisle Railway: Rules by S B Worthington, Resident Engineer
WORTH/1/12/31 Lancaster & Carlisle Railway: Minute Book
WORTH/1/12/32 Report of proceedings at the half-yearly meeting of the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company
WORTH/1/12/33 Diagram showing movement of Lancaster & Carlisle Railway passenger trains between Preston and Carlisle over a period of 10 days
WORTH/1/12/34 Diagram showing movement of Lancaster & Carlisle Railway goods trains between Preston, Carlisle and Lancaster over a period of 8 days
WORTH/1/12/35 Letter from ‘J T’, Preston, to Mr Turner
WORTH/1/12/36 Letter from Francis Trevithick, London & North Western Railway, Engine Works, to S B Worthington
WORTH/1/12/37 Specifications for coupled goods engines and a four wheeled tender
WORTH/1/12/38 Report on locomotive power by S B Worthington
WORTH/1/12/39 Specification for passenger engines for the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
WORTH/1/12/40 Draft report by S B Worthington to Richard Moon, Chairman of the London & North Western Railway
WORTH/1/12/41 Order of the Engineering Department of the London & North Western Railway
WORTH/1/12/42 London & North Western Railway Company: Rules &c. 1874
WORTH/1/12/43 London & North Western Railway: Plan of footbridge over railway at Shap Summit
WORTH/1/13 Gauge Commission
WORTH/1/13/1 Report of the Guage Commissioners
WORTH/1/13/2 Railway gauge report by Robert Stephenson and Joseph Locke
WORTH/1/14 Letter from Sturges Meek, Bury, to S B Worthington
WORTH/2 Worthington, William Barton (1854-1939), railway civil engineer
WORTH/2/1 Collection of illustrated news clippings about the railways
WORTH/2/2 Printed pamphlet entitled ‘Lancashire; or, Our Own County. A Lecture Delivered in St Thomas’s Schools, Preston, by W W B Hulton, February 24th 1879’
WORTH/2/3 Envelope containing a West Lancashire Railway First Class Free Pass granted to W B Worthington
WORTH/2/4 Letter from Henry Young & Sons, Booksellers & Bookbinders, Liverpool, to W B Worthington, Manchester
WORTH/2/5 Letter from the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, to W B Worthington
WORTH/2/6 Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway: Reports of Visits to American and Canadian Railroads
WORTH/2/7 Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway: Reports of Visits to Some American Railroads
WORTH/2/9 Printed volumes of minutes of conferences between David Lloyd George, M.P., President of the Board of Trade, and representatives of various railway companies
WORTH/2/10 Midland Railway forty-eighth annual ball commemorative picture card
WORTH/2/11 Papers relating to the construction of timber arched viaducts compiled by William B Worthington
WORTH/2/11/1 Envelope with list of contents of items relating to timber arched viaducts written upon it
WORTH/2/11/2 Photograph of Lune Bridge
WORTH/2/11/3 Handwritten note regarding the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, Dinting Viaduct and Alfred Stanistreet Jee
WORTH/2/11/4 Handwritten note regarding Ouseburn Viaduct and Lune Viaduct
WORTH/2/11/5 Letter from Samuel Barton Worthington, Bowdon, to ‘Willie’ (William Barton Worthington)
WORTH/2/11/6 Handwritten notes regarding Joseph Locke’s laminated timber arched bridges
WORTH/2/11/7 Handwritten notes regarding a copy letter from W B Buddicom to Joseph Locke dated 22nd April 1840
WORTH/2/11/8 Copy letter from William B Buddicom to Joseph Locke
WORTH/2/11/9 Drawing of Wooden Viaduct at Newcastle
WORTH/2/12 Letter from Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice to William B Worthington
WORTH/2/13 Rainfall
WORTH/2/13/1 Rainfall Register
WORTH/2/13/2 Printed pamphlet entitled ‘The Areas Covered by Intense and Widespread Falls of Rain’ by John Glasspoole
WORTH/3 General papers and documents
WORTH/3/1 Letter from W Gray to 'Mr Stephenson'
WORTH/3/2 Printed pamphlet entitled ‘Dialogues of the Gauges’
WORTH/3/3 Printed map of north-east France and Belgium
WORTH/3/4 Partial specification for certain railway works
WORTH/3/5 Printed map of Old Monkland Parish, Bothwell Parish and Dalzell Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland
WORTH/3/6 Edinburgh Railways
WORTH/3/6/1 Sections of ground surveyed for the several lines of the Edinburgh railway
WORTH/3/6/2 Plan of the proposed railways from the City of Edinburgh and Port of Leith to the coal fields of Mid and East Lothian surveyed by Robert Stevenson
WORTH/3/6/3 Printed report by Robert Stevenson, Civil Engineer, relative to various lines of railway from the coal field of Midlothian to the City of Edinburgh and Port of Leith
WORTH/3/7 Proposed railway from Kelso to Berwick
WORTH/3/7/1 Plan of a proposed line of iron railway from Kelso to Berwick
WORTH/3/7/2 Report by John Rennie, Engineer, respecting the proposed railway from Kelso to Berwick
WORTH/3/8 East Lothian Railway
WORTH/3/8/1 Plan of the proposed East Lothian Railway by Robert Stevenson
WORTH/3/8/2 Report of a survey for the East Lothian Railway by Robert Stevenson
WORTH/3/9 Proposed Railway from the Forth & Clyde Canal to Stirling, Callander and Alloa Ferry
WORTH/3/9/1 Plan and sections of a proposed railway from the Forth & Clyde canal to the town of Stirling & Callander by John Steedman
WORTH/3/9/2 Report on the proposed railway from the Forth & Clyde canal to Stirling, Callander and Alloa Ferry by John Steedman
WORTH/3/10 Magazine clipping entitled ‘Some Early Railway Tickets’
WORTH/3/11 Pocket-sized printed booklet: Particulars of the Grand Suspension Bridge erected over the Straits of Menai, designed by and built under the direction of Thomas Telford
WORTH/3/12 Proposed railway to connect the Clydesdale with the City of Glasgow
WORTH/3/12/1 Report relative to the proposed railway to connect the Clydesdale, or upper coal field of Lanarkshire, with the City of Glasgow and the east and west country markets, by Thomas Grainger and John Miller
WORTH/3/12/2 Plan and section of the proposed railway to connect the Clydesdale, or upper coal field of Lanarkshire, with the City of Glasgow and the east and west country markets, by Thomas Grainger and John Miller
WORTH/3/13 Howard’s Vade Mecum; or, Tourist’s Companion from Manchester (by the railway) to Liverpool, and thence through the Isle of Man
WORTH/3/15 Average weight of wagons loaded to Manchester in October 1831
WORTH/3/16 Printed pamphlet entitled ‘The Importance & Advantages of Railways with Loco-motive Engines, especially that from London to Greenwich, which was incorporated by Act of Parliament, May, 1833’
WORTH/3/17 Map of the York & North Midland Railway
WORTH/3/18 Specification and tender for the Merstham Tunnel (London & Brighton Railway) and the Penkridge contract and specifications of the Grand Junction Railway
WORTH/3/19 Printed pamphlet containing a speech on rail roads by James Morrison MP
WORTH/3/20 Liverpool and Manchester Railway
WORTH/3/20/1 A plan and section of an intended railway or tram-road from Liverpool to Manchester, surveyed by George Stephenson
WORTH/3/20/2 ‘Travelling by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, 1836’ timetable
WORTH/3/21 Newspaper cutting of books for sale by Messrs Jaggard
WORTH/3/22 Grand Junction Railway, Wolverhampton contract: Schedule of prices
WORTH/3/23 Railway Chronicle Travelling Charts
WORTH/3/23/1 Railway Chronicle Travelling Charts: London to Wolverton
WORTH/3/23/2 Railway Chronicle Travelling Charts: London to Tunbridge, Ashford, Folkestone and Dover
WORTH/3/23/3 Railway Chronicle Travelling Charts: London to Basingstoke, Winchester and Southampton
WORTH/3/23/4 Railway Chronicle Travelling Charts: London to Brighton
WORTH/3/23/5 Railway Chronicle Travelling Charts: London to Richmond
WORTH/3/23/6 Railway Chronicle Travelling Charts: London to Reading, Didcot and Oxford
WORTH/3/23/7 Railway Chronicle Travelling Charts: London to Woking and Guildford
WORTH/3/24 Printed pamphlet entitled ‘Experiments, Practical Working, &c. of J Gray’s Patented Improvements in Steam Engines, etc.’ by John Gray, Engineer, Hull
WORTH/3/25 Prospectus for Eastern Union Railway extension from Ipswich to Norwich
WORTH/3/26 Map showing the improved railway routes between England and Scotland by the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle, North British, Berwick & Newcastle, Edinburgh, Hawick & Carlisle, Falkirk & Stirling, and Edinburgh & Northern Railways
WORTH/3/27 Printed pamphlet entitled ‘A Short and Sure Guide to Railway Speculation: A few plain rules how to speculate with safety and profit in railway shares’ by a successful Operator
WORTH/3/28 Printed pamphlet entitled ‘Railways as They Really Are: Or, Facts for the Serious Consideration of Railway Proprietors. No. VII. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway’
WORTH/3/29 Printed pamphlet entitled ‘Speed of Railways: The Narrow Gauge Faster Than the Broad Gauge’ by Viator
WORTH/3/30 Booklet entitled ‘How He Reigned and How He Mizzled: A Railway Railery. York! You’re Wanted!’ by Alfred Crowquill Delt.
WORTH/3/31 Printed pamphlet entitled ‘London and North Western Railway Company. Huddersfield & Manchester Section. Canal Department. Copy of Clauses contained in the different Acts of Parliament granted for making and maintaining the Huddersfield Canal, having reference to the reservoir, and the mode by which the canal shall be supplied with water.’
WORTH/3/32 Pocket-size booklet containing fold-out regulations, time, fare and distance tables of the London and Birmingham, Grand Junction, and Liverpool & Manchester railway companies.
WORTH/3/33 The Hunt’s Bank Scheme
WORTH/3/33/1 Memorial in relation to the River Irwell and the proposed new railway station at Hunt’s Bank, Manchester by Henry Boddington, Junior
WORTH/3/33/2 Plan of Hunt’s Bank, Manchester
WORTH/3/34 ‘The History of the London and North-Western Railway: A Paper’ by Clement E Stretton, C.E.
WORTH/3/35 Newspaper clipping from Manchester’s 'City News'
WORTH/3/36 LMS Magazine article on Richard Trevithick by Arthur Jeffkins
WORTH/3/37 The Manchester Ship Canal
WORTH/3/37/1 Manchester Ship Canal Company preliminary prospectus
WORTH/3/37/2 Manchester Ship Canal Company form of application for shares
WORTH/3/37/3 Map showing intended route of the Manchester Ship Canal
WORTH/3/37/4 Blue headed Manchester Ship Canal Company envelope containing printed report and circular
WORTH/3/37/5 Manchester Journal of Commerce special report on the physical and engineering features of the Manchester Ship Canal
WORTH/3/37/6 Manchester Ship Canal estimated expenditure report
WORTH/3/37/7 Manchester Ship Canal plan no. 2: Runcorn to Warburton
WORTH/3/38 List of books on railways from Bernard Quaritch, Bookseller, 15 Piccadilly, London
WORTH/4 Items from the Worthington Family Archive
WORTH/4/1 Notebook of Samuel Barton Worthington
WORTH/4/2 Notebook entitled “Our Holiday August 1877 – W. B. W., E. W. & A. H. W.”
WORTH/4/3 Worthington family album of carte de visite photographs