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Company records of Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd

Company records of Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd

Collection of Material related to Beyer, Peacock & Co

Collection of Material related to Beyer, Peacock & Co

Drawing No 99530 Window Curtain and Details Etc

Drawing No 99530 Window Curtain and Details Etc

Drawing No 99326 Cab and Tanks

Drawing No 99326 Cab and Tanks

General Dimensions of Engines and Tenders

General Dimensions of Engines and Tenders

Part Copy of No 99301 Isle of Man - New Engine

Part Copy of No 99301 Isle of Man - New Engine

Beyer, Peacock Blue Prints for Eng Ord 144 Isle of Man Railway

Beyer, Peacock Blue Prints for Eng Ord 144 Isle of Man Railway

Designs of locomotives and the company's other products were planned and developed in the Drawing Office. The Drawing Office was divided into two sections, the locomotive section and the machine tool section. The Drawing Office came under the control of the Chief Engineer (Design) and reporting to him was the Chief Engineer. This series contains order books, drawings, notebooks, diagrams, sketch and calculation books and photographs.

Records of the Drawing Office

The Board of Directors was established in 1883 when the company was incorporated and was responsible for the management of the company. This series contains minutes, agendas and financial statements.

Records of the Board of Directors

This series is an index for all the drawings produced by the company from its foundation. Details of drawings are recorded chronologically within these volumes. For each drawing the following details are recorded; the date of entry into the index, the drawing number, a description of the drawing and the name of the draughtsman who prepared the drawing. If the drawing relates to an engine sometimes the engine number is recorded.

Index of drawings

The series of order books contain details concerning the company’s orders; this includes orders for engines, tenders, duplicates, extras and duplicates. Also included are orders for machine tools although there is also a separate run of machine tool order books. Information recorded includes the following: name of ordering company, description of the order, and the stock number given to the order. There then follows any instructions relating to the order and a list of drawings used in the design and construction of the order.

Order books

The roll contains c 20 acetate drawings of schematic diagrams and mechanical parts. Drawing numbers 137252 - 137461.

Schematic diagrams and mechanical parts

Draughtsmen's notebook

Draughtsmen's notebook

Contains enquiries received; orders received; tenders submitted; letters in; letters out; visitors received; air-raud warnings; spotters warnings; and goods despatched.

Correspondence diary

This volume contains notes and drawings concerning specifications and modifications to machine tools made by the company.

Sketch and calculation book

Series consisting of documents relating to events and dinners held by Beyer, Peacock. The majority of materials are menus for Christmas luncheons and celebratory dinners for members of staff.

Documents relating to events and dinners

Draughtsmen's notebook

Draughtsmen's notebook

This volume contains a record of the boiler serial numbers of boilers built by the company. Entries are made according to serial number and information recorded includes; the order number, the name of the railway company the boiler is for, and what class of locomotive the boiler is for (there is rarely anything recorded relating to this). The volume covers serial numbers 1-665 and order numbers 3191-319612.

Boiler serial numbers ledger

Bundle of material relating to the centenary celebrations which took place on 18 June and 19 June 1954. Items include dinner menus; photographs; a poster; and a press-clipping.

Material relating to the centenary celebrations of Beyer, Peacock

Collection of material relating to Beyer, Peacock, amassed by former employees of the company. The material comprises: photographs of the works, employees and locomotives; a bundle of letters written by Charles Beyer; site plans of Gorton; livery transfers; engineering drawings; notes and papers relating to the company history written by Harold Holden; papers, photographs and booklets relating to the centenary celebrations in 1954; books, brochures and leaflets.

Collection of Material relating to Beyer, Peacock and Company Limited

Draughtsmen's notebook by P.A. Creeke

Draughtsmen's notebook by P.A. Creeke

Draughtsmen's notebook by H. Guthrie

Draughtsmen's notebook by H. Guthrie

Draughtsmen's notebook by H. Guthrie

Draughtsmen's notebook by H. Guthrie

Draughtsmen's notebook by H. Guthrie

Draughtsmen's notebook by H. Guthrie

Draughtsmen's notebook by S. Jackson

Draughtsmen's notebook by S. Jackson

Draughtsmen's notebook by H. Gleaves

Draughtsmen's notebook by H. Gleaves

Draughtsmen's notebook by Edgar Worthington

Draughtsmen's notebook by Edgar Worthington

Draughtsmen's notebook by Edgar Worthington

Draughtsmen's notebook by Edgar Worthington

Draughtsmen's notebook by G. Elle

Draughtsmen's notebook by G. Elle

This file contains letters and reports from mainly Fraser & Chalmers (S.A. Ltd) of Johannesburg to Beyer, Peacock relating to GEA class Garratts built for South African Railways.

File of letters and reports relating to South African Railways

100.00

Printed invitation to Beyer, Peacock Centenary Dinner

An original illustrated catalogue for the 10th "2" class engines, nos. 680-684 and a copied catalogue for the "G.L" class no. 2352-2357 engines ordered by South Arican Railways.

Illustrated Catalogues of Details for Beyer-Garratt Steam Locomotive

Chart scheduling the work for the 35 (4-6-4) tank locomotives from the making of the patterns through the various stages of fabrication to the engines tried in steam.

New South Wales Progress Sheet Order Nos 8912-8913

Copy of "4-8-2+4-8-2 3ft 6in Gauge Beyer-Garratt Locomotives for the Rhodesia Railways", a reprinted article from The Railway Gazette providing a short history about the design and development of the Rhodesia Railways "20th" Class Locomotive built for the railway company from 1925 onwards.

Article - "Beyer-Garratt Locomotives for the Rhodesia Railways"

A collection of black and white photographic prints of working steam locomotives. Many of the photographs were taken in the North West by Mr Pearson himself. The photographs cover a number of years and feature locomotives in railway company liveries as well as in British Rail livery after nationalisation. There are a small number of photographs of Beyer Peacock and Beyer Garratt locomotives taken at the Gorton works, prior to delivery to customers.

Collection of Photographic Prints of Steam Locomotives

Engraving of a Beyer, Peacock shunting locomotive for the Great Central Railway.

Display board by Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd of a shunting locomotive

Framed drawing of the Original Garrett Patent Specification drawn by S. Jackson

Framed drawing of the Original Garrett Patent Specification drawn by S. Jackson

Drafts for an introductory section and chapters 6-8, 10-12, and 14. Some of the chapters are second draft while others are either earlier or later versions. Also included are press information sheets for the Beyer, Peacock centenary film, "Beyer-Garratt Locomotives on the New South Wales Railways."

Bundle of draft chapters and related material

2 drawings of locomotives by Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd.

2 drawings of locomotives by Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd.

Includes multiple copies and draft versions of chapter 9, drafts for chapters 6, 8, 10, and other unmarked sections.

Bundle of draft chapters

Rolled plans.

Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd. plans

Later revision of past work relating to the first hundred years of the company which goes as far as chapter 6, entitled "The Early Years of the Public Company, 1902-1907." Chapters 1 and 2 contain copies of drawings of various locomotives.

Incomplete draft of "The First Hundred Years" compiled by Harold Holden

One page contains diagrams of workshop machinery, including a double drilling machine. The other page contains information on the amount of tools ordered by the company and the subsequent costs, since 1862 to an indeterminate period.

Photocopies of page-extracts taken from either a diary or other source

Nine loose papers including lists of draughtsmen's wages and their names; a list of apprentices dated May 1866; documents detailing the number of men employed by the company for the years 1866-1868 and 1870; and a list of men employed in the Coppersmith Shop dated May 1870.

Bundle of loose papers taken from Charles Beyer's diaries

Bundle of papers including a document containing extracts from the Beyer Peacock minute book 1934-1937 relating to chapter 10 of the centenary book; a list of locomotives and descriptions of them; and a document containing selected extracts and references from Charles Beyer's note books from the period 1850-1875, which has been prepared for Harold Wilmot.

Bundle of documents

Series consisting of a variety of drafts and mock paste-ups relating to the creation of a publication celebrating the centenary of Beyer, Peacock. Items range from page layouts to various drafts and an incomplete revision of the history by Harold Holden, which was compiled after the closure of the company.

Drafts and mock paste-ups

Group photographs for the executives, and the technical, foremen, and commercial departments.

Photographs for inclusion in the centenary book

Paste-up of pages 119 to 124 and also the appendix. These pages include copies of photographs for locomotives; photocopies of extracts from Ralph Peacock's diary; a letter received by Peacock from the Locomotive Manufacturers Association; and drawings of American locomotives.

Incomplete paste-up

Two copies of pages 16 and 17 from the first chapter, "Formative Years." One copy contains a drawing of a locomotive and its carriages travelling through a rural location, with a town in the background. This drawing has been annotated and signed. There are also layouts for pages 100 and 101, which contain photographs of a locomotive, and a group shot of staff members that formed the company's Rescue Detachment Team during the Second World War.

Incomplete page layout

Two bound collections of engineering drawings

Beyer, Peacock Engineering Drawings for order numbers 0521 and 9872