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Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822
Steam locomotive No. 1 'Locomotion', Stockton & Darlington Railway

Steam locomotive No. 1 'Locomotion', Stockton & Darlington Railway

1825
Liverpool and Manchester Railway Plan 1824

Liverpool and Manchester Railway Plan 1824

1824-11-20
Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

1823-1825
Safety lamp

Safety lamp

1868-
Safety lamp

Safety lamp

1861
Letter, George Stephenson to Philip Maddison, 10 November 1822

Letter, George Stephenson to Philip Maddison, 10 November 1822

1822
Report to the Select Committee of the Moreton Rail-Road, on the Line of Railway from Stratford to Moreton in the Marsh

Report to the Select Committee of the Moreton Rail-Road, on the Line of Railway from Stratford to Moreton in the Marsh

1821-08-31
Safety lamp, Stephenson, by George Knight & Son, London, marking: makers name, 1839-1857.

Stephenson's Safety Lamp, 1839-1857

1839-1857
Holograph letter, From George Stephenson to Edward Pease Liverpool, 23 March 1828.

George Stephenson Holograph Letter

1828-03-23
Letter from George Stephenson (Liverpool) to Timothy Hackworth (New Shildon), 25 July 1828. Transcript as follows: "Liverpool 25th July 1828 Dear Timothy, Brandreth has given a report here that you are going to lay off the locomotive engines, is it so? It was a great pity that these accidents took place with the tubes. It appears Brandreth has got my plan introduced for the horse to ride which I suppose he will set off as his own invention. It is more than two years since I explained this to Brandreth - Canterbury was the place where I meant to have put it to use, but as that Company have now determined to work the line by steam power it will not be wanted. We have tried the new Locomotive Engine at Bolton, which works beautifully[.] There is not the least noise about it[.] We have also tried the blast to it for burning coke, and I believe it will answer. There are two bellows worked by eccentrics, underneath the tender. The line will be opened on the 1st Augt. It is too far for you to come, or I should be glad to see you. Write me about the Engines by return of post if you can. Yours truly, Geo. Stephenson P.S. John Dixon and every Director at Canterbury can speak to my plan of carrying the Horses, which I mentioned to them two years ago, but I never considered it ought to be tried at Darlington as there I considered the Locomotive Engines a better thing. G. S.

Letter from George Stephenson to Timothy Hackworth, 25 July 1828, concerning the blast pipe

1828-07-25
A Plan and Section of an intended Railway or Tram-Road from Liverpool to Manchester, in the County Palatine of Lancaster. Surveyed by George Stephenson 20th day of Novr. 1824. [Engraved and published by by J. & A. Walker, London and Liverpool, 1824. Scale 1" : 1m. Map is folded to 17 x 12.5cm to fit in box bearing crest of Charles Lawrence, chairman of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company. See also MSL 318 (1998-80)]

A Plan and Section of an intended Railway or Tram-Road from Liverpool to Manchester

1824
Safety lamp, Williamson, Stephenson type, maker J.Cooke and Co., Birmingham, marking: maker's name, 1878

Safety lamp

1878-
[Holograph letter] 1836 May 3, Newcastle [to] Timothy Hackworth, Darlington / Geo. Stephenson. [2p. on 1 leaf. General letter giving and asking for information, chiefly re engines. On SM negs. 449-51/89]

Letter, George Stephenson to Timothy Hackworth, 3 May 1836

1836-05-03
[Holograph letter, 1826 Jan or Jun 12] Newcastle [to] Timothy Hackworth, Darlington / Geo. Stephenson. [1p. General letter giving and asking for information. On SM neg.no. 448/89]

Letter, George Stephenson to Timothy Hackworth, 1826

1826
Safety lamp, Stephenson, 1842-1874

Stephenson safety lamp

1842-1874
Holograph letter dated 1827 Mar 19, Liverpool [to] Lister Ellis, Mr Shaw's, 174 Surrey Street, Black Friars, London / Geo. Stephenson. [3p. on 1 leaf. Stephenson has not had time to finish plans for the 'Canterbury engines'. He has ordered them at Newcastle to 'get forward with the cylinder & Boiler'. He will tender 'for the rollers without the gallows or frames ... best made at Canterbury, or perhaps cheapest at Portsey' [Portsea]. In a postscript he refers to events re drainage at Chat Moss. Ellis was Director and Deputy Chairman of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

Letter from George Stephenson to Lister Ellis, 19 March 1827

1827-03-19
[B & w photograph, in 2 parts, of ms. letter] 1828 Jul 25, Liverpool [to] Timothy [Hackworth] / Geo. Stephenson. [He asks if Hackworth is 'going to lay off the Locomotive Engines' for 'it was a great pity that these accidents took place with the tubes'. He says Brandreth has got my plan introduced for the horses to ride which I suppose he will set off as his own invention' [a reference to the Cycloped?]. Stephenson meant to try the system at Canterbury but 'that Company have determined to work the Line by steam power'. He reports on 'the new Locomotive Engine at Bolton which works beautifully' [i.e. the Lancashire Witch] and to the bellows draught used on it for burning coke. In a postscript he adds that John Dixon and all the Canterbury directors 'can speak to my plan of carrying the Horses', a system he felt inappropriate at Darlington. On SM neg. 455/89]

Letter, George Stephenson to Timothy Hackworth, 25 July 1828

1828
Plan, paper, Plan and Section of an Intended Railway commencing at or near to the Town of Whitby and terminating at the Town of Pickering, both in the North Riding of the County of York, surveyed by George Stephenson circa 1830, drawn by Fred Swanwick, engraved by Jobbins & Cheffins.

Plan and Section of an Intended Railway commencing at or near to the Town of Whitby and terminating at the Town of Pickering, both in the North Riding of the County of York

circa 1830
[Map] A Plan and Section of an intended Railway or Tram-Road from Liverpool to Manchester in the County Palatine of Lancaster : Surveyed by George Stephenson Engineer. 20th day of Novr. 1824. [Engraving, part with wash, scales 4" : 3/4m; 3" : 1000yds. Bears ms. note 'Deposited with me, in the Office of the Town Clerk of Liverpool within the Town hall of Liverpool this 30th day of November 1824' signed 'Wm. Statham Town Clerk'; and signatures of 'Geo. Stephenson' Engineer and 'T.O. Blackett' Surveyor.

Plan and Section of an intended Railway or Tram-Road from Liverpool to Manchester in the County Palatine of Lancaster

1824
Cheque for twenty pounds payable to self, drawn on Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills & Co., London] / Geo. Stephenson. 1846 Dec 7. Bears signature 'Geo. Stephenson'.

Cheque signed by George Stephenson, 7 December 1846

1846
[Letter, 1825?, to] Joseph Pease Jr/George Stephenson [and] Thomas Storey. [Confirms that arrangements have been made for staffing of the engines, supplying coal etc. for the imminent opening (of the Stockton and Darlington Railway). Postscript by Stephenson apologises for being unable "to leave here tonight". Watermarked 1824.]

Letter to Joseph Pease Jr/George Stephenson and Thomas Storey

1825
[Holograph letter] 1822 May 28, Killingworth Colly. [to] T. Brewin / G. Stephenson. [1p. He can survey and report on the intended line from Stratford to Moreton, or report on 'the Cost of laying the Rails and Blocks after the Ground is formed'. He comments unfavourably on Mr B. Thompson's 'Opinions on the Conveyance of Goods on Railways'. On SM neg.no. 476/89]

Letter, George Stephenson to T. Brewin, 28 May 1822

1822-05-28
Pamphlet containing three printed survey reports by George Stephenson concerning the Maryport and Carlisle Railway, its extension to Whitehaven, and the options for a route north from Lancaster to join the MCR. Includes a comparison of Stephenson's proposals for the latter with Joseph Locke's survey of 1836.

Reports on the formation of a railway between Lancaster & Carlisle, with observations on the mode of crossing Morecambe Bay. And other information by the Grand Caledonian Junction Railway Committee

1837
[Letter] 1828 Jan. 8 [to] Robert Stephenson/George Stephenson. [Gives confirmation of the order for a locomotive engine already discussed with the "Liverpool Railway Company"; encloses sketch of the boiler with detailed comments on design of boiler, chimney and wheels; tender will be made at Liverpool. Asks for news from Darlington. Postscript stresses importance of "this Engine ... for all the Engineers in the Kingdom to look at".]

[Letter] 1828 Jan. 8 [to] Robert Stephenson/George Stephenson

1828
[Letter] 1825 Oct 31, Newcastle upon Tyne [to] Robertson/George Stephenson. [Correspondent "Robertson" was met by Stephenson only briefly one year previously, is in partnership with "Mr Sharpe" and may therefore possibly be Richard Roberts. Page, presumably bearing message to Locke, now missing (torn off). Asks Robertson to find him a foreman "capable of taking the charge of a steam engine manufactory in my absence".]

[Letter] 1825 Oct 31

1825
[Letter] 1844 Jul 16 [to] the promoters of a line from Cockermouth to Workington/George Stephenson. [He has examined the proposed line; estimates construction cost at £64,000 and predicts that the "line can be worked for about 33 per cent of the gross income". Accompanied by typescript transcription (19--).]

[Letter] 1844 Jul 16 [to] the promoters of a line from Cockermouth to Workington/George Stephenson

1844