Collection of copy letters, business and personal, of Richard Beamish
Letters patent granted to Thomas Farmer for 'Improvements in treating Pyrites to obtain Sulphur, Sulphurous Acid and other products'
Copy letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to the Directors of the Great Western Railway
Copy plans and papers relating to the Manchester and Birmingham Railway first-class railway carriage
Volume entitled; "Specimens of turning by Henry Perrigal Esqr. and given by him to Jas. Wilcox"
Volume entitled: "[Record of] Lead ore raised at Longstone Edge Mines, Sampled ... and sold"
Letters patent granted to Thomas Clarke and John Varley for 'An improvement on the atmospheric system of propulsion which is also applicable to other motive purposes'
Notebooks of Mark Scott on South Hetton Colliery
Manuscript notebook entitled: "On Magnetism"
Volume entitled: "Customs of Mendipp Mines"
Volume entitled: "Magpie Mine Resolution Book"
Volume entitled: "Longstone Edge Mines, In Derbyshire"
Sketch books of drawings of fragments recovered from the shipwrecks of the Royal George and the Edgar
Marshall's Geological Diagrams
Manuscript entitled: "Catalogue of the Apparatus of Philosophical Instruments, in the Collection of Her Late Majesty Queen Charlotte, at the Observatory at Richmond in Surrey"
Letters patent granted to Stephen Geary for 'Improvements in the preparation of fuel'
Diary of Robert Stephenson
Melksham Turnpike Trust
Diary of John Watson, London & Greenwich Railway Co
Invoice from Peel, Williams and Peel for a steam engine supplied to Messrs Coates and Wright
Temporary staging
A letter from Brunel to G Dollond saying the entrance to the tunnel will be at Wapping
Drawing entitled 'Sectional Drawing for a Steel Protected Cruiser for Colonial Defence to be named'
Stepping No. 1 on or in central wheels. Figure 1. Figure 2. Various unnumbered elevations, plans and details.
A letter from Davies Giddy advising Richard Trevithick on his future course of action following the failure of a claim for government assistance
A letter from Brunel recommending "practical men"
Notebook titled 'Draft Notations and Sketches of Notations: Cases'
Elevation of parts of middle group drawn in plan on No. 127.
See designs dated 1834 November 27 and 1834 December 29.
Visitors pass
Receipts and charges for various accounts and goods plus lists of addresses and of fruit trees planted by A. Parkes
Untitled. [Operations for the Analytical Engine]
Notebook titled 'Draft Notations and Sketches of Notations'
A letter from Brunel to Monsieur D'avannes, commenting on the working conditions, accident and health records of the workforce at the Thames Tunnel
Addition No. 4. Carriage No 6. Elevation and plan.
Manchester Town Hall
Engraving of 'Lake Thirlmere or Wythburn Water, Cumberland'
Chetham's Hospital, Manchester
Aquatinted illustration - Railway Office, Liverpool
First edition of 'Bradshaw's Railway Time Table'
Aquatinted illustration - Taking in water at Parkside
Aquatinted illustration - Excavation of Olive Mount, 4 Miles from Liverpool
Aquatinted illustration - Entrance of the Railway at Edge Hill, Liverpool
Aquatinted illustration - Coaches &c. employed on the Railway
Aquatinted illustration - Railway Office, Liverpool
Working Drawing for No 136 Locomotive
Great Western Railway – Drawing No 2 Side elevation and Cross Section
"Planet" type frame drawing
