ROBERT JOHNSON ARCHIVE

Made:
1858-1862 in United Kingdom, Portugal, France and Brazil

Archive of correspondence etc. concerning Robert Johnson's involvement as a freelance civil engineer with railway building in Brazil, Portugal and elsewhere. Some 120 letters, copy letters, memoranda, estimates, sketch plans etc. (including correspondence from Brassey, Vignoles and Portuguese officials). The bulk of the papers relate to the involvement of British engineers and contractors in the building of some of Portugal's earliest railways.

Details

Category:
Archive Collections
Object Number:
2001-8351
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
type:
archives
credit:
Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd.