Collection of engineering drawings from the Great Western Railway (GWR) Engineer's Office of railway buildings and railway machinery

Made:
1837-1867 in Paddington
Lithographed Crane Sheet by Hennet, Spink & Else, engineers

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Lithographed Crane Sheet by Hennet, Spink & Else, engineers
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Collection of engineering drawings from the Great Western Railway (GWR) Engineers Office, Paddington, c. 1837 - c.1867. 71 drawings, ink/ink and wash/printed, being plans of railway buildings and designs for railway machinery including cranes, switches, crossings, buffers, trucks etc. All bear stamp of GWR's Engineers Office, Paddington and a set number - 37243, 45448 or 45656. Many relate to the South Wales Railway; other railways are named. Most drawings bear engineer's name.

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Category:
Archive Collections
Object Number:
1992-548
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
type:
engineering drawings
credit:
Deighton, Bell & Co.