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Lancaster & Carlisle Railway and London & North Western Railway
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Worthington, Samuel Barton, railway civil engineer
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1844-1875
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Worthington Archive
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Worthington, Samuel Barton (1820-1915, railway civil engineer)
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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 G. Smith re purchase of land at the approach to the bridge on the Meulan-Epom (?) road
WORTH/1/9/19/2 Mr. Reed re dispute over land ownership at Chern-Neuf (?)
WORTH/1/9/19/3 Mr. Reed requesting an account of materials delivered to him which will be supplied to the Conseil d’Administrateur
WORTH/1/9/19/4 George Neumann requesting a progress report every month and also instructions to settle with Mackenzie re bridge approach at Meulan
WORTH/1/9/19/5 George Neumann re dispute over land with M. Tallyrand
WORTH/1/9/19/6 George Neumann informing S.B. Worthington of his salary
WORTH/1/9/19/7 Thibaudion informing S.B. Worthington that the French authorities have approved the proposals, in French
WORTH/1/9/19/8 P. Tinet re route of bridge, in French
WORTH/1/9/19/9 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 George Neumann informing S. B. Worthington that Mr Bond wants to meet him or Gaynard
WORTH/1/9/19/11 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 Delacour requesting that company engineers sign the bills when rails are delivered in their districts
WORTH/1/9/19/13 George Neumann informing him that all the land at Medan has been purchased
WORTH/1/9/19/14 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 George Neumann re land purchased for railway
WORTH/1/9/19/16 Puilly (?) re construction, in French
WORTH/1/9/19/17 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 George Neumann detailing alterations that Worthington must supervise
WORTH/1/9/19/19 Bezansan re construction, in French
WORTH/1/9/19/20 Bezansan re construction of the Paris-Rouen Railway, in French
WORTH/1/9/19/21 George Neumann informing S.B. Worthington of Tallyrand’s concern for land that has been taken
WORTH/1/9/19/22 Humfrey re gauge, in French
WORTH/1/9/19/23 George Neumann requesting a plan of the bridge with approaches for the road at Vilaines
WORTH/1/9/19/24 Bezansan re plantations of trees, timber and properties of Givry, in French
WORTH/1/9/19/25 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 Lavallard, lawyer
WORTH/1/9/19/27 Lavallard, lawyer
WORTH/1/9/19/28 George Neumann instructing S. B. Worthington to construct a wall at Medan
WORTH/1/9/19/29 George Neumann to instructing S. B. Worthington to cease construction of the railway until further notice
WORTH/1/9/19/30 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 George Neumann requesting a meeting to inspect the line together from Les Muceaux to Poissy
WORTH/1/9/19/32 Michel Poitout asking for details of length of railway and for the work to be hurried, in French
WORTH/1/9/19/33 Bezansan about land he has purchased along the route
WORTH/1/9/19/34 Pinchon (?) re a copy of a letter from Mr. Band to Bezansan
WORTH/1/9/19/36 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 George Neumann informing S. B. Worthington of the approved dimensions of a parapet
WORTH/1/9/19/38 George Neumann reminding S.B. Worthington to send his monthly report and also to draw up a plan of the approaches to the 'over bridge'
WORTH/1/9/19/39 Delacour re payment for the delivery of rails
WORTH/1/9/19/40 George Neumann requesting S.B. Worthington his presence in Rouen for 4 or 5 days to inspect the line from La Havre to Harfleur
WORTH/1/9/19/41 J Rey re ballast to fill up an embankment
WORTH/1/9/19/42 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 re Receipt for rails
WORTH/1/9/19/44 George Neuman to instructing S. B. Worthington to alter the distance between parapets on the bridge at Les Murceaux
WORTH/1/9/19/45 Neuman re appearance of the stonework used in the construction of the Nantes contract bridges and requesting his presence at Poissy
WORTH/1/9/19/46 Letter from an associate [not named], in French
WORTH/1/9/19/47 Mackenzie re the “ballast hole” at Un Friel(?) road
WORTH/1/9/19/49 Letter from an associate [not named], in French
WORTH/1/9/19/50 Letter from Delacour requesting S.B. Worthington to 'get all the company’s rails out of the way'
WORTH/1/9/19/51 Delacour requesting S.B. Worthington to keep the ‘Deceaseoile’(?) rails Separate from the company’s rails
WORTH/1/9/19/52 Delacour requesting the removal of certain rails
WORTH/1/9/19/53 Delacour re deliveries
WORTH/1/9/19/54 George Neuman informing S.B. Worthington that Joseph Locke wishes to speak with him re the bridge at Vilaines
WORTH/1/9/19/55 George Neuman re decision over the approaches to the bridges and informing him that Locke intends to visit
WORTH/1/9/19/56 George Neuman re statements about fencing
WORTH/1/9/19/57 Delacour re bills (in French)
WORTH/1/9/19/58 George Neuman with instructions to keep to the plans
WORTH/1/9/19/59 George Neumann permitting S.B. Worthingon to continue with the foundations for Les Murceaux station
WORTH/1/9/19/60 George Neuman re construction of the Epom station house
WORTH/1/9/19/61 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 Transcripts of conferences between David Lloyd George, president of the Board of Trade and representatives of Railway Companies.
WORTH/2/10 Commemorative picture mounted on card, of the Midland Railway Forty Eighth Annual Ball, Derby
WORTH/2/11 Items re Arched Bridges: These items, which relate to the work of Joseph Locke and S. B. Worthington on arched viaducts, and were probably compiled by W. B. Worthington.
WORTH/2/11/1 Envelope entitled ‘Jos. Locke’s timber arched viaduct’, written by W B Worthington
WORTH/2/11/2 Photograph inscribed ‘Lune Bridge, Lancaster and Carlisle, built by S. B. Worthington’
WORTH/2/11/3 ‘A print of the MS & L Dinting Viaduct’
WORTH/2/11/4 Single sheet of pencil notes [possibly by W B Worthington]
WORTH/2/11/5 Letter from S. B. Worthington to “Willie” re the first drawings he made of the Manchester & Sheffield Railway timber arched viaduct
WORTH/2/11/6 Paper entitled ‘Locke’s laminated timber arches’, written by ‘WBW 7.8.1921’, recounting how S. B. Worthington was asked by Locke in 1840 to make drawings of a viaduct described by Buddicom, so that the design could be used on the Manchester & Sheffield Railway
WORTH/2/11/7 Single sheet notes, written by W B Worthington introducing the letter from W B Buddicom to Joseph Locke
WORTH/2/11/8 Drawing of the wooden viaduct at Newcastle
WORTH/2/11/9 Copy letter from W. B. Buddicom to Joseph Locke describing the wooden viaduct at Newcastle
WORTH/2/12 Letter from Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice to W. B. Worthington, enclosing a copy of a poem in The City Lantern of 9 January 1880
WORTH/2/13 Items re Rainfall
WORTH/2/13/1 Rainfall Register, includes letter from the Director of the Meteorological Office requesting information on rainfall
WORTH/2/13/2 John Glasspoole, The Areas Covered by Intense and Widespread Falls of Rain (London, 1929), pamphlet.
WORTH/3 General papers and documents
WORTH/3/1 Letter from N. Gray to Mr. Stephenson re weight of boilers for the tunnel engines
WORTH/3/2 ‘Dialogues of the Gauges’ reprinted from the Railway Record
WORTH/3/3 Plan of existing and proposed lines or lines under construction in North Eastern France and Belgium
WORTH/3/4 Fragment [pages 12 to 29] of a specification for bridges, buildings and ‘special work’ on the railway in Staffordshire
WORTH/3/5 Map of “Old Munkland Parish, “Bothwell Parish” and “Dalzell Parish”
WORTH/3/6 Items re Edinburgh Railways
WORTH/3/6/1 Several sections of the ground surveyed for Edinburgh railways, ink and colour
WORTH/3/6/2 Plan of route of railways from Edinburgh and Leith to Mid- and East Lothian, by Robert Stevenson, engineer, ink and colour
WORTH/3/6/3 Report by Robert Stevenson, civil engineer, on railway lines from Midlothian to Edinburgh and Leith, with plans, sections and detailing possible extensions to Dalkeith, Musselburgh, Haddington and Dunbar
WORTH/3/7 Items re Kelso – Berwick Railway
WORTH/3/7/1 Plan of proposed line of iron railway from Kelso to Berwick, ink with colour
WORTH/3/7/2 Report by Mr John Rennie, engineer, regarding the proposed railway from Kelso to Berwick, dated 14 Nov. 1809, printed 1824
WORTH/3/8 Items re East - Lothian Railway
WORTH/3/8/1 Plan by Robert Stevenson, of the Cairnie-Haddington/Dunbar part of the proposed East Lothian railway, with a section. Ink and colour
WORTH/3/8/2 Report of a survey for the East Lothian Railway by Robert Stevenson, civil engineer, with price estimates
WORTH/3/9 Items re Forth of Clyde – Stirling Railway
WORTH/3/9/1 Plan and sections of a proposed railway from the Forth & Clyde Canal to Stirling and Callander, with a branch to Alloa Ferry, by John Steedman, engineer. Ink and Colour, in two pieces 1826
WORTH/3/9/2 ‘Report on the Proposed Railway from the Forth & Clyde Canal at Lock 16 to Stirling, Callander of Monleith and Alloa Ferry’ by John Steedman, engineer. Printed by James Walker, Edinburgh 1827
WORTH/3/10 Newspaper cutting from L. M. H. S. Magazine Jul. 1826 (written in ink) entitled “Some Early Railway Tickets”, brief history of the origins of the railway ticket
WORTH/3/11 Booklet on ‘the particulars of the Grand Suspension Bridge’ over the Menai Straits, built by T. Telford, civil engineer, opened 30 January 1826, fourth edition
WORTH/3/12 Items re Clydesdale – Glasgow Railway
WORTH/3/12/1 Pamphlet entitled “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 & John Miller, civil engineers and surveyors, Edinburgh, including map of route of railway. Engraved by Kirkwood & Son, Edinburgh, printed by J & C Muirhead, Edinburgh
WORTH/3/12/2 No 2 Reduced Plan & 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 County Markets” by Grainger & Miller, engraved by Kirkwood & Son, Edinburgh
WORTH/3/13 “Howard’s Vade Mecum” Tourist’s Companion from Manchester to Liverpool and the Isle of Mann. Linen-backed, dated 1830 on top in pencil
WORTH/3/15 List of weight of wagons loaded at Manchester. Addressed to Jo. Swenwick, (?) Esq.
WORTH/3/16 'The Importance & Advantages of Railways with Locomotive Engines, especially that from London to Greenwich which was incorporated by Act of Parliament, May 1833.' Printed pamphlet, fourth ed. Addressed to the “Public, the Proprietors of Property along and near the Line of Road and the Shareholders', by a 'Proprietor'
WORTH/3/17 Map showing the York & North Midland Railway, surveyed under the direction of George Stephenson and Frederick Swanwick
WORTH/3/18 London & Brighton Railway, specifications for Merstham Tunnel and tender by Thomas Brassey, and Grand Junction Railway, Penkridge contract and specification, George Stephenson and Joseph Locke engineers
WORTH/3/19 Printed speech by James Morrison, M. P. on railway regulation, made 17 May 1836 (note on top, ‘Mr G Hawton, with Mr Morrison’s compliments')
WORTH/3/20 Items re the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
WORTH/3/20/1 Plan of an intended railway or tram-road from Liverpool to Manchester, surveyed by George Stephenson
WORTH/3/20/2 'Travelling by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1836'
WORTH/3/21 Paper cutting of list of books bought in City or County in any quantity upon the most liberal cash or terms possible, apply Messrs Jaggard, 13 Moorfields, Liverpool. Highlighted entry: Landsear J.: Lancs. Discovery on Manchester and Leeds New Rail Road, Todmorden 1
WORTH/3/22 Schedule of prices, Wolverhampton Contract, Grand Junction Railway [in pencil]
WORTH/3/23 Railway Chronicle Travel Charts
WORTH/3/23/1 London to Wolverton
WORTH/3/23/2 London to Tunbridge, Dover [in pencil]
WORTH/3/23/3 Basingstoke to Winchester, Southampton
WORTH/3/23/4 London to Brighton
WORTH/3/23/5 London to Richmond
WORTH/3/23/6 London to Reading, Oxford [in pencil]
WORTH/3/23/7 Travel Chart, London to Woking, Guildford
WORTH/3/24 ‘Experiments, Practical Working etc., of J. Gray’s Patented Improvements in Steam Engines, etc.'
WORTH/3/25 Prospectus for the Eastern Union Railway extension from Ipswich to Norwich, including details of shares, committee, bankers and map with pencil additions
WORTH/3/26 Map of ‘Improved railway routes between England and Scotland’ in a supplement to the Railway Record
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.' Dedicated to George Hudson by ‘A Director’. 6th ed, with additions
WORTH/3/28 Railways As They Really Are, vol. VII, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
WORTH/3/29 Printed pamphlet entitled 'Speed of Railways. The Narrow Gauge Faster than the Broad Gauge', by 'Viator,' demonstration by comparing arrival and departure times of trains on LNW, SW and GW railways that narrow gauge lines are faster than broad ones. '1847' added in ink on cover.
WORTH/3/30 Booklet entitled 'How he Reigned and How he Mizzled a Railway Baillery. York You’re Wanted!' by Alfred Crowquill ‘Delt’ of satirical cartoons relating to the rise and fall of a railway businessman.
WORTH/3/31 London & North Western Railway Co. ‘Copy of Clauses Contained in Different Acts of Parliament Granted for the Making and Maintaining of the Huddersfield Canal'
WORTH/3/32 Booklet containing details of regulations, time, fares and distance tables of the London and Birmingham, Grand Junction and Liverpool and Manchester Companies. '1881' noted in pencil
WORTH/3/33 Items re New Railway Station at Hunt’s Bank, Manchester:
WORTH/3/33/1 Pamphlet on proposed new railway station at Hunt’s Bank, Manchester, by Henry Boddington Jr., including plan and tables
WORTH/3/33/2 Plan on tracing paper of the proposed new station at Hunt’s Bank, Manchester, dated 1882 in pencil. Pencil and colour
WORTH/3/34 'The History of the London and North Western Railway. A Paper' by Clement E. Stretton, C. E. member of the Society of Engineers, Member of the Railway Club…'
WORTH/3/35 Newspaper cutting from City News, about the publication ‘Bradshaw’s Monthly Railway Guide,’ cut out by W. B. Worthington
WORTH/3/36 'LMS' magazine cover and article in memory of Richard Trevithick (other pages cut out); note on cover ‘Trevithick’s Locomotive at Euston Square 1808)
WORTH/3/37 Items re the Manchester Ship Canal
WORTH/3/37/1 Preliminary Prospectus of 'Manchester Ship Canal Company issue of Share Capital in Share of £10 each'.
WORTH/3/37/2 Blank application from for shares in the Manchester Ship Canal Company
WORTH/3/37/3 Intended route of Manchester Ship Canal from Manchester to Eastham on River Mersey
WORTH/3/37/4 Envelope of the Manchester Ship Canal Company containing: ‘Report of the Committee formed to consider the project of the Manchester Ship Canal, to the Board of Directors of the Canal Company’; Manchester Ship Canal Co. private circular promoting the building of the canal
WORTH/3/37/5 'The Manchester Ship Canal: Physical and Engineering Features' by 'an expert', reprinted from the Manchester Journal of Commerce. Published by Charles Birchall at the Office of the Manchester Journal of Commerce
WORTH/3/37/6 Manchester Ship Canal, ‘Estimated expenditure as from 1 Jun.1892, to open the Ship Canal for traffic to Manchester, compared with the resources of the Company’
WORTH/3/37/7 Plan ‘no 2’ of Manchester Ship Canal from Runcorn to Warburton. Ink and colour
WORTH/3/38 List of books on railways sent from Bernard Quaritch, London, noted ‘wrote 4/2/00 ordering 24 to be sent on approval’)
WORTH/4 Items from the Worthington Family Archive
WORTH/4/1 Notebook of Samuel Barton Worthington
WORTH/4/2 Notebook “Our Holiday August 1877 – W. B. W., E. W. & A. H. W.”
WORTH/4/3 Worthington Family album of carte-de-visite photographs