Volumes from the library of Nicholas Wood, Engineer, Killingworth

Made:
1817-1839 in United Kingdom
maker:
Nicholas Wood

Volumes from the library of Nicholas Wood, Engineer, Killingworth (1795-1865): 1.Book "Great Western Railway. Report. Appendix 1838" being reports on surveys and assessment of broad gauge; 2.Book "Great Western Railway. Correspondence and Notes, 1838" being correspondence with Saunders, Brunel, Stephenson, Locke, Babbage etc re. report; 3-7. Books "Tracts on Railways" being bound copies of printed pamphlets about early railway and engineering developments. English and German.

Details

Category:
Archive Collections
Object Number:
1997-7184
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
type:
books
credit:
Marsh, Derek

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