Correspondence with China National Machinery Import Corporation regarding importing various British companies' goods
- PART OF:
- Personal and business papers
- Made:
- 1957-1964
- part of archive:
- Kenneth Cantlie Archive
- maker:
- Cantlie, Kenneth
Original folder containing correspondence and brochures between Kenneth Cantlie and his company Verity-Orient and China National Machinery Import Corporation regarding trade of various engines and commodities including locomotives, brochures for railway rolling stock exhibition in Strasbourg 1960, offering British Railways steam locos to China due to the Modernisation Plan, 4-8-4 spare parts, Giesl ejectors, portable drilling rigs, gas turbines, ex British Admiralty stock marine petrol engines, hand tools, machine tools, Deltic diesel-electric locomotives, cargo vessels, electric locomotives from British General Electric (GEC) and North British Locomotive companies including brochures, etc. Copies of National Machinery Import Corporation meeting minutes; a bundle of the British Ropeway Engineering Co. correspondence regarding building an aerial ropeway for quarry use including brochures from various companies (Breco, Glover Brothers, British Ropeway).
Details
- Extent:
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1 file with approx. 100 pages and 1 bundle with 10 pages and 8 brochures
- Identifier:
- CANT/1/48
- Access:
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