R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd

In 1886 R and W Hawthorn was amalgamated with the shipbuilding company of Andrew Leslie, thus becoming R and W Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd. In 1937 Robert Stephenson & Co. Ltd purchased the locomotive department of R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd. They became Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd.

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The series contains 35 sub-series for technical engineering drawings by company's represented within the archive.

Drawings
The sub-fonds contains five series, Drawing Registers (GEC/2/1), Drawings (GEC/2/2), Pattern Record Registers (GEC/2/3), Drawing Lists (GEC/2/4) and Drawing Schedules (GEC/2/5). Records include drawing registers, technical engineering drawings, pattern record registers and drawing lists and schedules for the period 1874-1994.

Drawing Office records
The sub-fonds contains 11 series, Order Books (GEC/3/1), Ordering Schedules (GEC/3/2), Weight Books (GEC/3/3), Order Files (GEC/3/4), Order Enquiry Files (GEC/3/5), Manuals (GEC/3/6), Diagram Books (GEC/3/7), Schedule of Apparatus (GEC/3/8), Engineering Standards (GEC/3/9), Tenders and Specifications (GEC/3/10) and Test Specifications (GEC/3/11). Records include order books, tracings and sketches for ordering schedules, weight diagram file and books, order files, order enquiry files, manuals, schedule of apparatus files, engineering standards, tenders and specifications for the period 1846-1993.

Engineering records
One volume concerning locomotive production, order numbers 2021-3459. The date late is given as the last date of delivery in the book.

Order book 3
Short history of Hawthorn Leslie and Co ltd locomotive manufacturers

Short history of Hawthorn Leslie and Co ltd locomotive manufacturers
One drawing register for drawing numbers 6116-19513.

Drawing register 2
This series contains order books concerning locomotive production.

Order books
One order book concerning locomotive production, order numbers 3460-7705. The date late is given as the last date of delivery in the book.

Order book 4
A brief historical sketch and catalogue of R &W Hawthorn, Leslie and Co Ltd

A brief historical sketch and catalogue of R &W Hawthorn, Leslie and Co Ltd
The series contains order books and photocopies of order books.

Order books
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